Problem compiling atk-1.6.1

["Steven P. Ulrick" <ulrick2 faith4miracle org>]

Hello, Everyone :)
I just joined this list for the purpose of asking this question.  Before I 
sent this question, I downloaded the last 12 months of archives from this 
list and looked through a few months worth of them and I found nothing 
relating to this exact problem.
For the purpose of hopefully being more clear, I will put this in numerical 
order (This ignores the unfortunate path that I went through to get to this 
point.  Now I am back at the point where I was before I ALMOST hosed our 
system :)

1. I downloaded the most recent version of pkg-config and configured it to 
install in /usr/local (instead of Fedora Core 2's default of /usr)  This went 
perfectly.

2. I placed the following in my "~/.bash_profile":
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH

3. Did "su - steve" to make sure that my "new" "~/.bash_profile" was read 
properly.  This also had the desired results.

4. I configured and installed the latest stable version of glib, "glib-2.4.7"  
I used the following command: "./configure --prefix=/usr/local"  This also 
seemed to go as desired.

5. I then proceeded to configure "atk-1.6.1" with the same command as I used 
to configure "glib-2.4.7": "./configure --prefix=/usr/local"  This exited 
with the following error:
checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/bin/pkg-config
checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0...
*** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.4.7, but GLIB (2.5.3)
*** was found! If pkg-config was correct, then it is best
*** to remove the old version of GLib. You may also be able to fix the error
*** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or by editing
*** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig if that is
*** required on your system.
*** If pkg-config was wrong, set the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH
*** to point to the correct configuration files
no
configure: error:
*** GLIB 2.0.0 or better is required. The latest version of
*** GLIB is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/. If GLIB is installed
*** but not in the same location as pkg-config add the location of the file
*** glib-2.0.pc to the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH.
[steve ulrick2 atk-1.6.1]$

This is REALLY strange.  The "pkg-config" that I wanted to be used was 
apparently detected: "checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/bin/pkg-config"  
I ASSUMED that "/usr/local/bin/pkg-config" would run "pkg-config --modversion 
glib-2.0" in the path that it was installed in (see #1 and #2 above)  How can 
"pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0" return "2.4.7" and actually FIND "GLIB 
(2.5.3)" when there is absolutely no "glib" of any version installed in this 
path as of yet?
You may ask, "Well, "pkg-config" looked elsewhere when it didn't find "glib" 
in it's own path."  The problem there is that I had recompiled 
"glib-2.5.3" (assuming that it was Actually installed) and as root ran "make 
uninstall" in it.  All I know for sure is that it appeared to uninstall with 
no errors.  I recently reinstalled Fedora Core 2 because of an identical 
issue that I had recently.  So I was REAL CAREFUL to be sure to not install 
this mysterious "glib-2.5.3"  So not only is there no "glib-2.5.3" on our 
system, but there is Definitely no "glib-2.5.3" on our system in my new 
"PKG_CONFIG_PATH"

Just for kicks, I just uninstalled the "glib-2.4.7" that was installed in my 
intended new "PKG_CONFIG_PATH"  I will now attempt to compile "atk-1.6.1"  I 
know it will exit with an error, I just want to see which one.....

Here we go:
checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no
configure: error:
*** GLIB 2.0.0 or better is required. The latest version of
*** GLIB is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/. If GLIB is installed
*** but not in the same location as pkg-config add the location of the file
*** glib-2.0.pc to the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH.

This is as expected, since there is absolutely no "glib" installed in 
"/usr/local"



I will now reconfigure and reinstall "glib-2.4.7" in the "/usr/local" path, 
with "PKG_CONFIG_PATH" still set to "/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"  Now when 
attempt to configure "atk-1.6.1" for /usr/local, I get the original error 
message that I quoted in point #5 above.
Now follow this: when I uninstalled "glib-2.4.7" (the only "glib" that I had 
ever had installed in that path) I got the kind of error that I would expect: 
one that stated that no "glib" was found.
Then I re-installed "glib-2.4.7" in the /usr/local path, and "pkg-config" said 
2.4.7 was returned by "pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0", but "2.5.3" was 
found!  There is no possibility that "glib-2.5.3" was ever installed on this 
path!  Please refer back to point #5 for the full text of the error message.

I confess that even to my relatively unlearned mind, this is starting to look 
like a "pkg-config" issue.  As a result I will file a bug report on this.  
But I would like to know, is there anyway to work around this, so I can 
compile GIMP and Inkscape from CVS?  That's how I discovered this problem.  
FYI, my tests that I described in the email had nothing to do with continuing 
efforts to compile GIMP or Inkscape from CVS.  In fact, you will notice that 
the only packages I referred to in this epic (Ooops, I mean email :)) are 
pkgconfig, atk and glib.

Our operating system is Fedora Core 2.  Full installation (not an upgrade)  
Every package installed (over, I think, 1400 to 1500 packages)
All official updates are installed, except that I am running the kernel that 
FC2 shipped with (the new one can't be used to burn audio cd's :()
The atk, glib, gtk+ and pango versions that I am attempting to install come 
from the following location:
ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.4/
The exact versions are as follows:
atk 1.6.1
glib 2.4.7
gtk+ 2.4.11
pango 1.4.1

I have only been able to install the above mentioned glib.  Since I coudn't 
get past atk, I couldn't even try gtk+ and pango.