$ cd gstreamer-1.5.90
$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/local
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$ make
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gstevent.c: In function 'gst_event_new_buffer_size':
gstevent.c:899:48: error: 
            'GST_TYPE_FORMAT' undeclared (first use in this function)
             GST_QUARK (FORMAT), GST_TYPE_FORMAT, format,
                                                  ^
gstevent.c:899:48: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once 
             for each function it appears in 
gstevent.c: In function 'gst_event_new_qos':
gstevent.c:1014:46: error: 'GST_TYPE_QOS_TYPE'
             undeclared (first use in this function)
             GST_QUARK (TYPE), GST_TYPE_QOS_TYPE, type,
                                                  ^
gstevent.c: In function 'gst_event_new_seek':
gstevent.c:1143:48: error: 'GST_TYPE_FORMAT' 
                        undeclared (first use in this function)
                        GST_QUARK (FORMAT), GST_TYPE_FORMAT, format,
                                                             ^
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$ cat gst/gstenumetypes.h

header file exist, but empty into heade file !