compile failure gtk+ 2.4.0 and 2.4.1 on Solaris 8

["Steven M. Christensen" <steve smc vnet net>]

After successfully compiling and installing

fontconfig-2.2.0
freetype-2.1.8
glib-2.4.1
atk-1.6.0
pango-1.4.0

with gcc 3.3.2 on a SPARC/Solaris 8 machine, and then
after ./configure in gtk+-2.4.0 or 2.4.1, I get after
make, the output

then mv -f ".deps/gdk-pixbuf-csource.Tpo" ".deps/gdk-pixbuf-csource.Po"; \
else rm -f ".deps/gdk-pixbuf-csource.Tpo"; exit 1; \
fi
/usr/bin/ksh ../libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2 -Wall  -R/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -R/usr/openwin/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib -R/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib -R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -R/usr/local/ssl/lib -o gdk-pixbuf-csource  gdk-pixbuf-csource.o libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.la 
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -o .libs/gdk-pixbuf-csource gdk-pixbuf-csource.o  -L/usr/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib ./.libs/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so /usr/local/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so -ldl /usr/local/lib/libgobject-2.0.so /usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so -lm -R/usr/local/lib -R/usr/lib -R/usr/openwin/lib -R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.2/lib -R/usr/local/ssl/lib
Undefined                       first referenced
 symbol                             in file
ngettext                            ./.libs/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so
ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to .libs/gdk-pixbuf-csource
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [gdk-pixbuf-csource] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr2/SOURCES/S8/GTK2/gtk+-2.4.0/gdk-pixbuf'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr2/SOURCES/S8/GTK2/gtk+-2.4.0/gdk-pixbuf'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr2/SOURCES/S8/GTK2/gtk+-2.4.0/gdk-pixbuf'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr2/SOURCES/S8/GTK2/gtk+-2.4.0'
make: *** [all] Error 2


ngettext does exist in /usr/local/bin.  This did not occur in gtk+-2.2.4.
What is the solution?

Thanks,

Steve Christensen