X--tag=CC: command not found

[PLG]

building on Ubuntu

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/.../codepoint.the-b.org/pcre'
/bin/bash ./libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.     -O2 -g -MT pcre_compile.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/pcre_compile.Tpo -c -o pcre_compile.lo pcre_compile.c
./libtool: line 861: X--tag=CC: command not found
./libtool: line 894: libtool: ignoring unknown tag : command not found

Strangely enough this works: " I edit libtool script in the source package where I replace ECHO="echo" with echo="echo"" http://openmoko-public-mailinglists.1958.n2.nabble.com/quot-X-tag-CC-command-not-found-quot-td1577166.html