locale related problem with debian

in response to;

tar -jxf postgresql-8.0.0beta4.tar.bz2
cd postgresql-8.0.0beta4
./configure
make check

combination, i received the following message. postgres 7.4.3 makes
check fine (with a problem today caused by daylight saving)

*snip*
/bin/sh ./pg_regress --temp-install --top-builddir=../../..
--schedule=./parallel_schedule --multibyte=SQL_ASCII
============== creating temporary installation ==============
============== initializing database system ==============
============== starting postmaster ==============
running on port 65432 with pid 11316
============== creating database "regression" ==============
CREATE DATABASE
pg_regress: could not set database default locales
make[2]: *** [check] Error 2
rm regress.o
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/home/dave/postgresql-8.0.0beta4/src/test/regress'
make[1]: *** [check] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dave/postgresql-8.0.0beta4/src/test'
make: *** [check] Error 2
dave(at)summit:~/postgresql-8.0.0beta4$

dave(at)summit:~$ uname -a
Linux summit 2.6.7 #1 SMP Sun Jul 18 08:02:18 EST 2004 i686 unknown

Sorry for the brevity of the report. Would be happy to respond with
more detail if requested.

Uru
-David Dick