[gtkmm] Desperately trying to build gtkmm 1.2

[Ian Pilcher <i pilcher comcast net>]

I am trying to build gtkmm 1.2.8 on RHEL3.  It's required by the binary-
only setup utility for my wireless card.  I've managed to get libsigc++
1.0.4 built and installed, which makes the gtkmm configure script work.

After working for a while, however, the build dies with the following
error:

c++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../.. -DGTKMM_IMPLEMENTATION 
-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"Gtk--\" -I./.. -I.. -I../../gdk-- 
-I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include 
-I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/lib/sigc++-1.0/include 
-I/usr/include/sigc++-1.0 -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-unused -c editable.cc  -fPIC 
-DPIC -o editable.lo
editable.cc:9: error: default argument given for parameter 1 of `std::string
   Gtk::Editable::get_chars(int, int) const'
../gtk--/editable.h:167: error: after previous specification in `std::string
   Gtk::Editable::get_chars(int, int) const'
editable.cc:9: error: default argument given for parameter 2 of `std::string
   Gtk::Editable::get_chars(int, int) const'
../gtk--/editable.h:167: error: after previous specification in `std::string
   Gtk::Editable::get_chars(int, int) const'
make[4]: *** [editable.lo] Error 1

Unfortunately, my C++ skills aren't up to the task of making sense of
this.  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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Ian Pilcher                                        i pilcher comcast net
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