I did not report it to any of the right people.
I only mentioned it on this thread
https://openacs.org/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0000j7&topic_id=OpenACS&topic=11
someone at my local linux user's group gave me some tips about
compiling and since it worked I didn't spend any more time worrying
about it.
I've used the source in all my installs since then and I haven't had
any further problems.