Problem compiling gnome-desktop

[Christian Schneider <c schneider scram de>]

I am getting the following error compiling gnome-desktop:

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gnome-desktop-item.c: In function `make_environment_for_screen':
gnome-desktop-item.c:1586: error: `environ' undeclared (first use in 
this function)
gnome-desktop-item.c:1586: error: (Each undeclared identifier is 
reported only once
gnome-desktop-item.c:1586: error: for each function it appears in.)
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I suppose it could have to do with gettext but could not figure out how 
to fix it.

Any ideas?

best regards,

Christian Schneider