[gnome-db]libgda configure failure

[Alexander F Borro <alexander aborro freeserve co uk>]

When I run configure  (version 1.2.3) I get the following error

./configure

checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries...
yes
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
creating libtool
updating cache ./config.cache
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C++... yes
checking whether c++ accepts -g... yes
checking whether glib 1.3 or newer should be used... yes
configure: error: glib test not available
#

I do have glib installed > 1.3
as shown
[root localhost bin]# glib-config-2.0 --version (in /usr/bin
1.3.2
[root localhost bin]#


I have also tried

./configure --disable-glibtest

I get the same result as above. Am I doing something wrong ? I believe I
do have all includes and libs installed as they should. I am using
redhat 7.1 but upgraded to gnome to 1.4 with the following versions
As you may guess my ultimate aim is to build gnome-db.

[root localhost libgda-0.2.3]# glib-config --version
1.2.9
[root localhost libgda-0.2.3]# glib-config-2.0 --version
1.3.2
[root localhost libgda-0.2.3]# gtk-config --version
1.2.9
[root l[root@localhost libgda-0.2.3]# gnome-config --version
gnome-libs 1.2.13
localhost libgda-0.2.3]# gtk-config-2.0 --version
1.3.2

Any help would be appreciated.