Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> What does this GTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED mean?
> 
> And is this related to new gtk+-2.4.0 update?

Yes. This define (as the name implies) disables deprecated
features of your GTK lib. Looks like gtkam does *not* use
features which have been deprecated in 2.2 but it *does* use some
deprecated in 2.4. Now, call that "API & ABI compatible" again...
;-/

Cheers, Rob.
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