Transition from 1.0.4 to 1.0.7 broke xls file importability

[scottw cylant com]

Hello,

I have a file that I created with Gnumeric 1.0.4 and saved in
.xls format.  Today, I upgraded to Gnumeric 1.0.7 (by building it
from source).  ./configure data below[1].  Gnumeric 1.0.7 can not
read this file.  Here is the message I get:
    smoke:/net/home/scottw/companies/direct/JPL> gnumeric JPL-Darwin-Contract-Cost-Breakdown-MCS.xls

    Bonobo-WARNING **: Syntax error in ''
    JPL-Darwin-Contract-Cost-Breakdown-MCS.xls:1: error: Start tag
    expect, '<' not found
    ÐÏࡱáon.  In particular, the ,
    ^
    JPL-Darwin-Contract-Cost-Breakdown-MCS.xls:1: error: Start tag
    expect, '<' not found
    ÐÏࡱáon.  In particular, the ,
    ^


So, I did a make install in my gnumeric-1.0.4/ directory, and it
can't read the file either.  Here's the message I get when I try:
    smoke:/net/home/scottw/companies/direct/JPL> gnumeric JPL-Darwin-Contract-Cost-Breakdown-MCS.xls

    Bonobo-WARNING **: Syntax error in ''
    JPL-Darwin-Contract-Cost-Breakdown-MCS.xls:1: error: Start tag
    expect, '<' not found
    ÐÏࡱáon.  In particular, the ,
    ^

1.  Here's the above mentioned ./configure information:
Configuration:
    Source code location:   .
        Compiler:               gcc 

        Bonobo Support:         yes
        Guile Support:          no
        Evolution Support:          no
        GB Support:         no

Is there any other information that I can provide that might help
tracking down what is causing this?

Regards,
scottwimer
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