compile errors

Hey all,

  I'm currently having problems compiling eb-lite.
my problem is that the configure script is looking for 
automake-1.4 and can't detect my automake-1.7.

here's the error:

g++: unrecognized option `-no-cpp-precomp'
WARNING: `automake-1.4' is needed, and you do not seem to have it handy on your
         system.  You might have modified some files without having the
         proper tools for further handling them.  Check the `README' file,
         it often tells you about the needed prerequirements for installing
         this package.  You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in case
         some other package would contain this missing `automake-1.4' program.
make[2]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

Thanks
-- Carl