libgnomeuimm-2.0.0 build issue

Hi,

I'm trying to build libgnomeuimm-2.0.0 from the tarball,  configured 
with --prefix=/usr/local and I get this error:

/bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link g++  -g -O2   -o generate_extra_defs  
generate_defs_libgnomeui.o  -pthread -Wl,--export-dynamic 
-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgnomeui-2 -lSM -lICE -lbonoboui-2 
-lgnomemm-2.0 -lgnome-2 -lpopt -lbonobo-2 -lgnomevfs-2 
-lbonobo-activation -lgnomecanvasmm-2.0 -lgnomecanvas-2 -lart_lgpl_2 
-lpangoft2-1.0 -lgconfmm-2.0 -lgconf-2 -lORBit-2 -lgthread-2.0 
-lglademm-2.0 -lgtkmm-2.0 -lglade-2.0 -lgdkmm-2.0 -latkmm-1.0 
-lpangomm-1.0 -lglibmm-2.0 -lsigc-1.2 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lxml2 -lpthread -lz 
-lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 
-lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0   
-lgtkmm_generate_extra_defs-2.0
libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.0.la'
make[2]: *** [generate_extra_defs] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/local/src/cdrdao-1.1.9/neededlibs/libgnomeuimm-2.0.0/tools/extra_defs_gen'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/local/src/cdrdao-1.1.9/neededlibs/libgnomeuimm-2.0.0/tools'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

I configured gtkmm-2.2.12 with --prefix=/usr/local as well and it 
installed libgtkmm-2.0.la there:
[root@annulus lib]# cd /usr/local/lib; ls -l libgtkmm-2.0.*
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1143 Oct 25 11:02 libgtkmm-2.0.la*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 Oct 25 11:02 libgtkmm-2.0.so 
-> libgtkmm-2.0.so.1.5.11*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 Oct 25 11:02 
libgtkmm-2.0.so.1 -> libgtkmm-2.0.so.1.5.11*
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root     30008761 Oct 25 11:02 
libgtkmm-2.0.so.1.5.11*

Why is libtool looking for it in /usr/lib?

Thanks for any light anyone can shed on this,
Edward Bross.

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