Hullo... new here and a question/problem

[hugh d fegely]

Greetings all

I have been trying to follow the GNUMail.app for a while, but have not been 
able to load it because of it's dependencies on GNUstep.  So, with my new 
computer, I took the plunge with Mandrake 9.1 and this morning was trying to 
install the GNUstep libraries. I'm not a programmer, just a user, but I'm not 
scared of compiling stuff when it comes to installing. Worst thing I'd have to 
do is reinstall the OS ;)

Anyhoo..

All went well til I got to the backend.

Below is the error I get when I try to compile the latest stable version of 
gnustep-back (0.8.5). I am fairly certain I have all the prereq's for GNUstep; 
everything else in the core elements went through the config/make/make install 
without a problem.

I just sent in the subscription request via the website, so I am hoping this 
goes through (have not seen a confirmation email yet). 

Thanks in advance; I'd really like to try out GNUmail, as it looks to be what 
I've been wanting since Postilion died off..



Making all for subproject xlib...
 Compiling file XGContext.m ...
In file included from ../../Headers/xlib/GSXftFontInfo.h:32,
                 from XGContext.m:47:
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:52: parse error before "_XftFTlibrary"
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:52: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `_XftFTlibrary'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:52: warning: data definition has no type or 
storage class
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:86: parse error before "FT_UInt"
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:86: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or 
union
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:89: parse error before '}' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:89: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `XftGlyphSpec'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:89: warning: data definition has no type or 
storage class
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:93: parse error before "FT_UInt"
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:93: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or 
union
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:96: parse error before '}' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:96: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `XftGlyphFontSpec'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:96: warning: data definition has no type or 
storage class
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:190: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `FT_UInt'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:190: parse error before '*' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:256: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `XftGlyphSpec'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:256: parse error before '*' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:262: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `XftGlyphFontSpec'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:262: parse error before '*' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:295: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `FT_UInt'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:295: parse error before '*' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:354: parse error before "XftLockFace"
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:354: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `XftLockFace'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:354: warning: data definition has no type or 
storage class
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:393: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `FT_UInt'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:393: parse error before '*' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:399: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `FT_UInt'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:399: parse error before '*' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:408: parse error before "FT_UInt"
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:418: parse error before "XftCharIndex"
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:420: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `XftCharIndex'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:420: warning: data definition has no type or 
storage class
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:461: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `FT_UInt'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:461: parse error before '*' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:472: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `XftGlyphSpec'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:472: parse error before '*' token
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:493: warning: type defaults to `int' in 
declaration of `XftGlyphFontSpec'
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:493: parse error before '*' token
make[3]: *** [shared_obj/XGContext.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [xlib.all.subproject.variables] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/pub/gnumail/gnustep-back-0.8.5/Source/xlib'
make[1]: *** [libgnustep-back.all.bundle.variables] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/pub/gnumail/gnustep-back-0.8.5/Source'