HELP! Can't compile a program or an RPM due to a missing .pc file --SOLVED

[John Aldrich]

On Fri February 25 2011, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > 
> > Yeah... it was wanting the .i686 version. I installed the i686-devel
> > package and it compiled. :-)
> 
> Doesn't sound right. If you're on x86_64, the gmime*.pc files are
> stored in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ instead. If PAN searches only in
> /usr/lib (possibly hardcoded!), it may need a bug report to inform
> its developers, or you may need to tell its configure script to
> use --libdir=/usr/lib64
>
I'm not a good enough programmer to know what changes need to be made to a 
configure script to tell it to look in a different spot for the .x86 and the 
x86_64 versions. I'll file a bug report though. Thanks.