configuration error - can't build gtkextra-2 on RH9

I can't run autogen.sh to produce a configure script:

With RH 9.0, autoconf 2.57,  automake 1.6.3 , autoheader 2.57


$ autogen.sh
Locating m4 macro language processor... found: /usr/bin/m4
Building files for libtool... done.
Building aclocal.m4... done.
Building configure... configure.in:7: /usr/bin/m4: Non-numeric argument 
to built-in `divert'
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
done.
Building config header template... WARNING: Using auxiliary files such 
as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot'
WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in'
WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged.

WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and
WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without
WARNING: `acconfig.h':

WARNING:   AC_DEFINE([NEED_MAIN], 1,
WARNING:             [Define if a function `main' is needed.])

WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the
WARNING: documentation.
configure.in:7: /usr/bin/m4: Non-numeric argument to built-in `divert'
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
autoheader: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
done.
Building Makefile templates... configure.in:47: required file 
`./config.h.in' not found
done.

run "./configure ; make"

-- 
Joe VanAndel  	
National Center for Atmospheric Research
http://www.atd.ucar.edu/~vanandel/
Internet: vanandel at ucar dot edu



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