On 2.0, and now on 2.99.15, I've been running gimp 2.0 and now 2.2.3.
I've never had any fontconfig trouble.  On this machine, though, it
seems I haven't rebuilt xsrc in a long time (but 8/04 I was running
either current or netbsd-2-0 branch).

My gimp binary is linked with /usr/pkg fontconfig.  So I suspect
something wrong in pkgsrc config files or buildlinking - I think the X
fontconfig should not show up in the buildlink tree.

-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  164896 Jun 24  2004 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.a
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      20 Aug 19  2004 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.so -> libfontconfig.so.1.0
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel      20 Aug 19  2004 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 -> libfontconfig.so.1.0
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  146181 Jun 24  2004 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.0
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  184732 Jun 24  2004 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig_p.a
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  187788 Jun 24  2004 /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig_pic.a
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  227352 Feb 23 15:35 /usr/pkg/lib/libfontconfig.a
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     915 Feb 23 15:35 /usr/pkg/lib/libfontconfig.la
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel      22 Apr 12 15:53 /usr/pkg/lib/libfontconfig.so -> libfontconfig.so.1.0.4
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel      22 Apr 12 15:53 /usr/pkg/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 -> libfontconfig.so.1.0.4
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  213100 Feb 23 15:35 /usr/pkg/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.0.4

 > ldd /usr/pkg/bin/gimp
/usr/pkg/bin/gimp:
        -lintl.0 => /usr/lib/libintl.so.0
        -lglib-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
        -lgobject-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
        -lgimpbase-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgimpbase-2.0.so.0
        -lm.0 => /usr/lib/libm387.so.0
        -lm.0 => /usr/lib/libm.so.0
        -lgimpcolor-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0
        -lgmodule-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0
        -lpthread.0 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0
        -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
        -lX11.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
        -lXext.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6
        -lXrender.1 => /usr/pkg/lib/libXrender.so.1
        -lXrandr.2 => /usr/pkg/lib/libXrandr.so.2
        -lXi.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6
        -lz.0 => /usr/lib/libz.so.0
        -lfreetype.6 => /usr/pkg/lib/libfreetype.so.6
        -lexpat.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libexpat.so.0
        -lfontconfig.1 => /usr/pkg/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
        -lXft.2 => /usr/pkg/lib/libXft.so.2
        -lXfixes.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libXfixes.so.0
        -lXcursor.1 => /usr/pkg/lib/libXcursor.so.1
        -lpango-1.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0
        -lpangoft2-1.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0
        -lpangoxft-1.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0
        -lpangox-1.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0
        -lgdk-x11-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
        -latk-1.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0
        -lgtk-x11-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
        -lgimpwidgets-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0
        -lgimpmodule-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0
        -lgimpmath-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgimpmath-2.0.so.0
        -lgimpthumb-2.0.0 => /usr/pkg/lib/libgimpthumb-2.0.so.0
        -lart_lgpl_2.2 => /usr/pkg/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2
        -lc.12 => /usr/lib/libc.so.12

-- 
        Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>