help?

[Randall Skelton <rhskelto sciborg uwaterloo ca>]

I am getting errors when I try and compile some gnome software and I am
unsure as to why???  It is only when I get the ./configure command to
certain sources...  i.e. control-center-1.04., gdm-1.0.0,
enlightenment-conf, etc...

The output error is always the same:

-------------------------------------------------------------
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
sed: file conftest.s1 line 56: Unterminated `s' command
creating src/Makefile
sed: file conftest.s1 line 56: Unterminated `s' command
creating pixmaps/Makefile
sed: file conftest.s1 line 56: Unterminated `s' command
creating macros/Makefile
sed: file conftest.s1 line 56: Unterminated `s' command
creating config/Makefile
sed: file conftest.s1 line 56: Unterminated `s' command
creating docs/Makefile
sed: file conftest.s1 line 56: Unterminated `s' command
creating po/Makefile.in
sed: file conftest.s1 line 56: Unterminated `s' command
creating intl/Makefile
sed: file conftest.s1 line 56: Unterminated `s' command
creating stamp.h
sed: file conftest.s1 line 56: Unterminated `s' command
creating config.h
config.h is unchanged
----------------------------------------------------------

Any help is greatly apprecicated.

Randall