xorg - xcb-util build error

[dave frost]

I think i remember someone pointing out xcb-util didnt need to be built, 
is this correct ?

I get this error

autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Autoheader
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --no-force
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
../../atom/atoms.gperf.m4:8: m4: Cannot open atomlist.m4: No such file 
or directory
../../atom/atoms.gperf.m4:22: m4: Cannot open atomlist.m4: No such file 
or directory
../../atom/atoms.gperf.m4:26: m4: Cannot open atomlist.m4: No such file 
or directory
atoms.gperf: No keywords in input file!
make[2]: *** [atoms.c] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

which i think is caused by this

make[2]: Entering directory 
`/usr/local/xorg/xsrc/xcb/xcb-util/xcb-util-0.1/_build/atom'
m4 ../../atom/atoms.gperf.m4 >atoms.gperf
gperf --output-file atoms.c atoms.gperf
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/local/xorg/xsrc/xcb/xcb-util/xcb-util-0.1/_build/atom'
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/local/xorg/xsrc/xcb/xcb-util/xcb-util-0.1/_build'
***** distcheck failed on xcb/xcb-util

Any help sorting this out would be good.

cheers

Dave