[Dovecot] autogen.sh fails -> "required file `./config.rpath' not found"

if i run

autogen.sh

on fresh 1.1.beta9 source, it fails @

./autogen.sh
	...
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	configure.in:16: required file `./config.rpath' not found
	configure.in:5: installing `./missing'
	configure.in:5: installing `./install-sh'
	src/auth/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
	autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

per advice,

"gettext-related test failures: config.rpath presence"
  http://www.mail-archive.com/automake-patches@gnu.org/msg00426.html

a simple

touch config.rpath
./autogen.sh

fixes the problem.

hth