Makefile problem with RH9 Linux and VLC-0.7.2

[fly135]

I am experiencing a problem with running make on 0.7.2 that I don't get with 0.7.1. I get the following error from the invocation of the touch command...

syntax error near unexpected token `)'

The offending area is the make target...

$(srcdir)/$@].in: $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac $(ACLOCAL_M4)

Using echo I determined that $@ resolves to... )].in

I'm a bit of a Linux dev newb so I'm a bit stuck at this point. I then d/l'ed and tried 0.7.1 and it worked fine.