See the following output from 'make':
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CXX --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I./core -IATLAB -e | grep ^MATLAB= | cut -f2 -d=/extern/include -I./core -DHAVE_CURSES -D_NO_CPPUNIT -DHAVE_MATLAB -DHAVE_MYSQL -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread -g -O2 -MT core/link/matlab/core_link_matlab_glxmatlab_la-matlab.lo -MD -MP -MF core/link/matlab/.deps/core_link_matlab_glxmatlab_la-matlab.Tpo -c -o core/link/matlab/core_link_matlab_glxmatlab_la-matlab.lo `test -f 'core/link/matlab/matlab.cpp' || echo './'`core/link/matlab/matlab.cpp cut: bad delimiter libtool: compile: cannot determine name of library object from `-e' make[1]: *** [core/link/matlab/core_link_matlab_glxmatlab_la-matlab.lo] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2
A temporary fix is to directly patch the Makefile: