sorry i didn't get to try this until today.
previous snapshots still build.
[Wheezer:/Developer/sip-snapshot-20031216] mef% python configure.py
Error: /Developer/qt/mkspecs/default/qmake.conf: macro 
'{LITERAL_WHITESPACE}'
is not defined.
[Wheezer:/Developer/sip-snapshot-20031216] mef%
michael