gtk+2 on 10.5 - dependency on libXdamage old version

Hello,

I recently upgraded from 10.4 to 10.5 on a G5. I then installed  
XQuartz 2.4.0, Xcode 3.1.3 (with the SDK package), and fink (0.29.10)  
using selfupdate-rsync with the unstable branches.

fink install gtk+2 broke with:
powerpc-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.0.1: /usr/X11/lib/libXdamage.1.0.0.dylib:  
No such file or directory

In fact, libXdamage.1.0.0.dylib did not exist, but the newer  
libXdamage.1.1.0.dylib does.
 > ls -l /usr/X11/lib/libXdamage.*
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     18 Oct  6 17:13 /usr/X11/lib/libXdamage. 
1.1.0.dylib -> libXdamage.1.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  66768 Aug 12 01:32 /usr/X11/lib/libXdamage. 
1.dylib
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     18 Oct  6 17:13 /usr/X11/lib/ 
libXdamage.dylib -> libXdamage.1.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel    936 Sep  8  2007 /usr/X11/lib/libXdamage.la

After many failed ideas and reading older posts related to ibXdamage. 
1.1.0.dylib, the following recipe solved the problem for me:
1. sudo ln -s /usr/X11/lib/libXdamage.1.1.0.dylib  libXdamage. 
1.0.0.dylib
2. fink update pango1 atk1 (gtk+2 depends on them).
3. fink scanpackages, fink index, fink clean, and fink selfupdate.
4. fink install gtk+2 gtk+2-dev -- this time it worked.

I guess the symlink step was essential. If so, gtk+2 should look for  
the newer libXdamage.1.1.0.dylib as well.

At any rate, this recipe might help others who experience the same  
problem.

Boaz


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