[transcode-users] 'autoreconf -i -f' generated configure script fails (syntax error)!

[Greg Grotsky]

I really want to use transcode but when I run ./configure it gives me this:

$ ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no

.... cut out a bunch of detection stuff ....

checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h usability... yes
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h presence... yes
checking for ffmpeg/avcodec.h... yes
checking how to determine LIBAVCODEC_LIBS... default
checking for avcodec_thread_init in -lavcodec... yes
VER=51.9.0
BUILD=3344640
checking for pkgconfig support for libmpeg2... no
checking how to determine LIBMPEG2_CFLAGS... default
checking mpeg2dec/mpeg2.h usability... yes
checking mpeg2dec/mpeg2.h presence... yes
checking for mpeg2dec/mpeg2.h... yes
checking how to determine LIBMPEG2_LIBS... default
checking for mpeg2_init in -lmpeg2... yes
checking for internal static framebuffer support... yes
checking whether v4l support is requested... no
./configure: line 26782: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
./configure: line 26782: `echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }'
$

  This is with the cvs head version.  I tried using all available versions of automake and autoconf (using Debian's dselect), the configure script generated always gives me this error.
  I've also tried using version 1.0.2 (from the webpage) and it complains that I don't have avcodec.h.  My ffmpeg/avcodec.h is in /usr/local/include so I tried using the '--with-libavcodec-includes=/usr/local/include' but it still complianed.  I even tried making symlinks in /usr/include to my /usr/local/include but that didn't work either.
  Also, I tried using Debian's version of ffmpeg (instead of the svn version) no dice there either.  Can you tell, I'm frustrated?  :)  If anyone can help, I need it.

-Greg