compilation problem in recent linux versions

If i use ./configure --enable-arts=no (or --enable-sdl=no) then i get
compilation errors when it tries to compile arch/<module>
If i disable a module, it shouldn't go there, should it?
So far i saw this problem with arts and sdl.
If i enable those modules, openal compiles perfectly (since i got the dev
packages for them), but in the past this worked.