gtk-xmhtml fails to compile under gnome-libs

["William F. Maton" <wmaton ryouko dgim crc ca>]

Here's the output from my linux system:

Making all in gtk-xmhtml
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/gnome/gnome-libs/gtk-xmhtml'
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2  -o htmltest  test.o
../gtk-xmhtml/libgtkxmhtml.la -lXpm -ljpeg -lpng -lz -lz -lSM -lICE
-L/opt/gnome/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtk-1.1 -lgdk-1.1 -lglib-1.1 -lXext
-lX11 -lm ../intl/libintl.a -lm 
gcc -g -O2 -o .libs/htmltest test.o -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/opt/gnome/lib
../gtk-xmhtml/.libs/libgtkxmhtml.so -lXpm -ljpeg -lpng -lz -lz -lSM -lICE
-L/opt/gnome/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtk-1.1 -lgdk-1.1 -lglib-1.1 -lXext
-lX11 -lm -lm -lXpm -ljpeg -lpng -lz -lz -lSM -lICE -L/opt/gnome/lib
-L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtk-1.1 -lgdk-1.1 -lglib-1.1 -lXext -lX11 -lm ../intl/libintl.a -lm
../gtk-xmhtml/.libs/libgtkxmhtml.so: undefined reference to `uncompress'
../gtk-xmhtml/.libs/libgtkxmhtml.so: undefined reference to `compress'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [htmltest] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gnome/gnome-libs/gtk-xmhtml'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/gnome/gnome-libs'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

Any ideas?

TIA,

wfms