cannot compile gtk-xmhtml in gnome-libs

[Chuck Adams <cjadams dimensional com>]

I've had this problem for some time.  This latest time I am using a CVS
tree that was just fetched a couple hours ago and the problem still
exists.  the xmhtml widget fails to link in the correct libs, and
unfortunately the missing symbol is in at least a dozen
different libraries around the system.

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local/gnome
make

Which goes through and does its thing, until it makes the xmhtml widget:

gcc -g -O2 -o .libs/htmltest test.o -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/gnome/lib ../gtk-xmhtml/.libs/libgtkxmhtml.so -lXpm -ljpeg -lpng -lz -lSM -lICE -L/usr/local/gtk/lib -L/usr/X11/lib -lgtk-1.1 -lgdk-1.1 -lglib-1.1 -lXext -lX11 -lm -lm -lXpm -ljpeg -lpng -lz -lSM -lICE -L/usr/local/gtk/lib -L/usr/X11/lib -lgtk-1.1 -lgdk-1.1 -lglib-1.1 -lXext -lX11 -lm -lm
../gtk-xmhtml/.libs/libgtkxmhtml.so: undefined reference to `uncompress'
../gtk-xmhtml/.libs/libgtkxmhtml.so: undefined reference to `compress'
make[2]: *** [htmltest] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/cjadams/proj/gnome/gnome-libs/gtk-xmhtml'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/cjadams/proj/gnome/gnome-libs'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2