Stupid newb can't "make -C l4 config" ..

Hullo L4 Stuck at an early fence:: usually I can overcome these things. make -C l4 config fails with /bin/sh: tempfile: command not found have been looking for it everywhere. seemingly part of Python, I have Python 2.2 and tbh my binutils is a bit lower than specified but I would have thought this insignificant. Google not much help either. Clean install of SuSE linux 8.0, kernel 2.4.18 Would seriously love to get this going as I have a little project that could go rather nicely on top of it, but am totally lost with this silly command. TIA David Denny