Commited here :
http://github.com/h4ck3rm1k3/MapNickAutotools

build with .bootstrap, configure make.

Had to hack the unicode fromUTF32,
http://osmopenlayers.blogspot.com/2010/01/problems-building-mapnik-fromutf32-is.html

don't know if it works or not.
Need to test it.

mike