GTK Install Problem (..Xft backend is required)

[Tim Johnson <tim johnsons-web com>]

More problems with contingencies here. :-)
When running configure for gtk+-2.3.0 (on RH 9.0):
I get the following config error message

"
Pango 1.2.0 and Xft backend is required for x11 target
"

Pange 1.2.5 is installed. Below is snipped from pango.pc
########################################################
pango_module_version=1.2.0

Name: Pango
Description: Internationalized text handling
Version: 1.2.5
########################################################
Paths
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib

and it looks like Xft shared objects are at /usr/X11R6/lib
Does this mean that GTK wants pango 1.2.0 instead of 1.2.5?

comments suggestions welcome
thanks
tim
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