> <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.
> 

I sent the build log in a previous message.

As a comparison test, I built the kdelibs package with the stock 3.5.10 and there were no messages about -lgssapi_krb5. Thus something has changed since then. :)

I searched the kdelibs sources and found only two files using the lgssapi_krb5 term:

kdelibs/kioslave/http/configure.in.in:      GSSAPI_LIBS="${GSSAPI_LIBS}-lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err ${LIBRESOLV}"

kdelibs/kioslave/http/Makefile.am:kio_http_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) $(GSSAPI_RPATH) -module $(KDE_PLUGIN) -lgssapi_krb5

The kdelibs/kioslave/http/configure.in.in files in svn and 3.5.10 are identical.

I looked at the two configure files but found nothing obvious why the svn version requires krb5.

The configure --help output mentions a --with-gssapi= option, but I found no clue as to which option to pass to disable that support. I tried NOTFOUND but that did not work.

Hopefully this information helps you!