[Zope] Z-2.8.4 Install trouble on RedHat Enterprise 3

[Sam Moore]

Hi Folks.
I have an existing (and working) Zope install, but I'm trying to get  
modern here...
I'm having trouble getting Zope 2.8.4 to make properly - keeps  
complaining "operation not permitted" when copying a file from the  
zope directory to the build directory.

Like so:
"/usr/local/bin/python" "<myhomedirectory>/Zope-2.8.4-final/setup.py" \
             build --build-base="<myhomedirectory>/Zope-2.8.4-final/ 
build-base/python-2.4" --build-lib="<myhomedirectory>/Zope-2.8.4- 
final/build-base/python-2.4/build-lib" --build- 
scripts="<myhomedirectory>/Zope-2.8.4-final/build-base/python-2.4/ 
build-scripts" --build-temp="<myhomedirectory>/Zope-2.8.4-final/build- 
base/python-2.4/build-temp"
running build
running build_py
copying zope/component/tests/__init__.py -> <myhomedirectory>/ 
Zope-2.8.4-final/build-base/python-2.4/build-lib/zope/component/tests
error:<myhomedirectory>/Zope-2.8.4-final/build-base/python-2.4/build- 
lib/zope/component/tests/__init__.py: Operation not permitted
make: *** [build] Error 1

Obviously I've substituted <myhomedirectory> for the actual path.
This error is what I get if I run make as root - if I run as a user,  
I get "Permission denied".

Any idea what's hanging this up?

TIA...