Under debian etch I get the following error, which is due to a missing packet named libpopt-dev. This shoukd be checked by the configure script?
With an
apt-get install libpopt-dev the software compiles.
config.status: creating po/Makefile
cd . \
&& CONFIG_FILES= CONFIG_HEADERS=config.h \
/bin/sh ./config.status
config.status: creating config.h
config.status...