The uptime.mod error is probably a bug. I posted to
http://bugzilla.eggheads.org/ . You might want to give 1.6.17RC1 a try.
As for the second error, try this (depending on the shell you use):
bash/ksh:
export LIBPATH=/usr/local/lib:${LIBPATH}
csh/tcsh/tclsh:
setenv LIBPATH /usr/local/lib:${LIBPATH}
./configure
make iconfig (disable uptime.mod)
make static
Try that and let me know if it works (or doesn't).