configure failing for latest CVS on Fedora

[Daniel J Sebald]

(Work computer isn't yet fluent, so sending from home.)

I'm working on a system where Fedora 7 is loaded.  I'm trying to compile the 
CVS version of Octave, but it fails as follows:

configure:  creating libcruft/lapack-xtra/Makefile
config.status:  creating config.h
config.status:  config.h is unchanged
configure:  configuring in scripts
configure:  running /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr/local 
--cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
/bin/sh:  ./configure:  No such file or directory
configure:  error:  /bin/sh ./configure failed for scripts

The machine is a duo core something or other, but I don't know if that is the 
main problem because Octave 2.9.13 of 25 July configures and compiles all the 
way through.

I tried finding the problem/solution but it appears located in an intense area 
of ./configure with a lot of case/esac/do etc.  Perhaps I'm looking in the 
wrong place.  Rather than the generated configure file, maybe it is in the 
scripts subdirectory somewhere.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Dan