Don't build

autoconf
./configure
make

produces this error:

make[1]: *** No rule to make target `../mapHandler.cpp', needed by `vcmiclient-mapHandler.o'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/heilkitty/soft/vcmi/client'

svn rev 1579

Strange… ubuntux has recently updated linux makefiles. I think you need to wait until he fixes it (AFAIR he is the only active developer who doesn’t use Windows).

And they are working fine for me.
Maybe different versions of Autoconf? Makefiles in SVN were generated with Autoconf 2.65.

I’m still using Ubuntu Karmic with autoconf 2.64. Maybe that’s the reason.
When I update to Lucid I’ll report if the problem is still there.