<snip>
> but krb5 is not a requirement in Slackware.
>
> Let me know what you need.
>
</snip>

That was part of it! ;-)

Is the previously mentioned error still occurring in the virtual machine
build?  It may have originally arisen due to the old KDE3.5.10 header
files, and krb5 may be a red herring.  I will wait for the build log from
the virtual machine before passing judgment.

Tim