> i thought i had exhausted google, but with yet another stab at it, in
> vim.fandom.com i found reference to two packages i didn't have:  libxpm-dev
> and libxt-dev
> 
> i added both and boom, i again have a gui -- i don't know if i needed both
> of them, but now it builds fine
> 
> i apologize for the noise

libxt-dev is mentioned in SRC/INSTALL.  I expect this package contains
an include file that is needed for X11.

I thought libxpm-dev is only for Motif and Vim should build without it.
But it may depend on what kind of Motif is used.

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