Problem installing pango-1.6.0 / pango-1.8.0

[Klauss Nadja <klauss ira uka de>]

 Hello all subscribers,

I'm working on a Suse-8.2 system and try to install pango-1.6.0 or 
better pango-1.8.0. In both cases I get the same error.

The configure script runs just fine, and backends: FreeType X Xft.
At least at first.

When I run make I get the following:
for pango-1.6.0:
/bin/sh ./config.status --recheck
running /bin/sh configure 
--prefix=/home/klauss/Download/installs/pango-1.6.0/install  --no-create 
--no-recursion
...
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin//pkg-config
checking for fontconfig >= 1.0.1... yes
checking FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS... -I/usr/X11R6/include
checking FONTCONFIG_LIBS... -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lfontconfig
checking for freetype-config... /usr/bin//freetype-config
checking for FT_Get_Next_Char in -lfreetype... yes
checking for xft >= 2.0.0... yes
checking XFT_CFLAGS... -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2
checking XFT_LIBS... -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXft -lfreetype -lXrender 
-lfontconfig
checking for pkg-config... (cached) /usr/bin//pkg-config
checking for GLIB - version >= 2.4.0... yes (version 2.6.1)
checking Whether to build OpenType test programs... yes
checking modules to link statically...
checking for flockfile... yes
checking for strtok_r... yes
configure: line 11366: syntax error near unexpected token `1.0'
configure: line 11366: `GTK_DOC_CHECK(1.0)'
make: *** [config.status] Fehler 2
Exitcode 2

for pango-1.8.0:
cd . && /bin/sh /home/klauss/Download/installs/pango-1.8.0/missing --run 
aclocal-1.7
cd . && \
  /bin/sh /home/klauss/Download/installs/pango-1.8.0/missing --run 
automake-1.7 --gnu  Makefile
cd . && /bin/sh /home/klauss/Download/installs/pango-1.8.0/missing --run 
autoconf
/bin/sh ./config.status --recheck
running /bin/sh configure 
--prefix=/home/klauss/Download/installs/pango-1.8.0/install  --no-create 
--no-recursion
...
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin//pkg-config
checking for fontconfig >= 1.0.1... yes
checking FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS... -I/usr/X11R6/include
checking FONTCONFIG_LIBS... -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lfontconfig
checking for freetype-config... /usr/bin//freetype-config
checking for FT_Get_Next_Char in -lfreetype... yes
checking for xft >= 2.0.0... yes
checking XFT_CFLAGS... -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2
checking XFT_LIBS... -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXft -lfreetype -lXrender 
-lfontconfig
checking for pkg-config... (cached) /usr/bin//pkg-config
checking for GLIB - version >= 2.5.7... yes (version 2.6.1)
checking Whether to build OpenType test programs... yes
checking modules to link statically...
checking for flockfile... yes
checking for strtok_r... yes
configure: line 11373: syntax error near unexpected token `1.0'
configure: line 11373: `GTK_DOC_CHECK(1.0)'
make: *** [config.status] Fehler 2
Exitcode 2

Somehow make triggers a recheck and every subsequent run of configure or 
make just ends the same way?

Does any body know what this means and what I need to solve this problem?

Thank you for your time,

Nadja