Autoconf version check problem?

[Hans Forbrich]

I recently upgraded autoconf to 2.57 but I still get the warning listed below 
when I run configure (2.1.x, including 2.1.26):

.....
checking g++ version... 3.3
configure: WARNING: autoconf <= 2.57 with g++ >= 3.3 gettext test broken.
configure: WARNING: Trying gcc, cross thumbs.
....


> # checking version of autoconf provides:
> autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>

My environment is SuSE 8.2 upgraded to meet Lilypond specs.

/Hans