error compiling 2.6.5-rc2

["Mustafa Hussein" <mustafa.hussein@comcast.net>]

I'm getting this error while trying to compile 2.6.5-rc2:

  CC      kernel/compat.o
  IKCFG   kernel/ikconfig.h
  GZIP    kernel/config_data.gz
  IKCFG   kernel/config_data.h

/bin/sh: line 1: scripts/bin2c: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [kernel/config_data.h] Error 1
make: *** [kernel] Error 2


The config file is the same (I think) as the one used to compile 2.6.4.
I probably screwed up something somewhere ...
Ultra10, Debian Unstable, gcc 3.3.3 (latest unstable version)

Thanks for any feedback

Mustafa