Static compile of gtk+-2.2.4 on RH7.3

[Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr <gwen reptiles org>]

Hola!

I'm trying to compile a static version of gtk+ 2.2.4 under RedHat 7.3,
using gcc 2.9.6. I've used "./configure --enable-static=gtk+", and have

	PKG_CONFIG=/usr/local/bin/pkg-config
	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig/:/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig
	LDFLAGS=-lsasl -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lpng -lz -static
	CFLAGS=-static

set in my environment.

While I thought that I'd resolved all of the usual dependancies for gtk,
I'm running into a problem halfway through my make:

[snippage for size]
Making all in stock-icons
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/voip/gtk+-2.2.4/gtk/stock-icons'
GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=../../gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.loaders ../../gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-csource                                                  \
   --raw --build-list stock_add_16 ./stock_add_16.png stock_add_24 ./stock_add_24.png stock_align_center_16 ./stock_align_center_16.png stock_align_center_24 ./stock_align_center_24.png stock_align_justify_16 ./stock_align_justify_16.png stock_align_justify_24 ./stock_align_justify_24.png stock_align_left_16 ./stock_align_left_16.png stock_align_left_24 ./stock_align_left_24.png stock_align_right_16 ./stock_align_right_16.png stock_align_right_24 ./stock_align_right_24.png stock_apply_20 ./stock_apply_20.png stock_cancel_20 ./stock_cancel_20.png stock_dnd_multiple_32 ./stock_dnd_multiple_32.png stock_bottom_16 ./stock_bottom_16.png stock_bottom_24 ./stock_bottom_24.png stock_cdrom_16 ./stock_cdrom_16.png stock_cdrom_24 ./stock_cdrom_24.png stock_clear_24 ./stock_clear_24.png stock_close_20 ./stock_close_20.png stock_close_24 ./stock_close_24.png stock_colorselector_24 ./stock_colorselector_24.png stock_color_picker_25 ./stock_color_picker_25.png > ./gtkstockpixbufs.h ||        \
           ( rm -f ./gtkstockpixbufs.h && false )
failed to load "./stock_add_16.png": Couldn't recognize the image file format for file './stock_add_16.png'
make[3]: *** [gtkstockpixbufs.h] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/voip/gtk+-2.2.4/gtk/stock-icons'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/voip/gtk+-2.2.4/gtk'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/voip/gtk+-2.2.4'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

I thought that this might be a result of my pixbufloader being the wrong
version, so I upgraded that, but the error message didn't change. Pointers
would be very much appreciated - I'm rather out of inspiration.

cheers!
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