This has already been fixed in the upstream unstable version (although not yet in any upstream release). Here's the patch that fixed that particular problem:
--- ick-0.28/config.in 2008-06-08 14:41:38.000000000 +0100 +++ latest/config.in 2008-06-08 14:42:13.000000000 +0100 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($INFODIRFILE) fi else -INFODIRFILE=(irrelevant) +INFODIRFILE=irrelevant fi AC_SUBST(INFODIRFILE) -- ais523
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