Bug#2902: Loop while compiling?

[joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE (Martin Schulze)]

Package: make
Version: 3.74-12


I'm awfully sorry that I have to report this, but I seem to be
unable to compile make-3.74-12 on my ownn The configure script
seems to run in an endless loop:

platypus!root(ttyp5):/tmp/make-3.74# ./debian.rules build
test ! -f stamp-configure && ./configure --prefix=/usr \
              && touch stamp-configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
[..]
checking for -ldir... (cached) no
checking whether closedir returns void... (cached) no
checking for working alloca.h... (cached) yes
checking for alloca... (cached) yes
checking for strcoll... (cached) yes
updating cache .././config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
make CC="cc" CFLAGS="-O2" LDFLAGS="-s"
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/make-3.74'
/bin/sh config.status
creating Makefile
creating build.sh
creating config.h
config.h is unchanged
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/make-3.74'
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/make-3.74'
/bin/sh config.status
creating Makefile
creating build.sh
creating config.h
config.h is unchanged
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/make-3.74'
[..]
And so on, forever.

I'm trying this on a newly installed 1.1.

Regards,

	Joey