but we dont even have that file
will try

src = fetchFromGitLab {
  domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
  owner = "GNOME";
  repo = "gtk";
  rev = "68631945733158f164427db84f01301d7e875763";
  sha256 = "sha256-PFSW5x1krevEBY66AutYUD/upcTLUbbDw3zQsVlA3Zg=";
};

diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.x.nix
index bbf20d60970..23a1b556bfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/2.x.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ config, lib, substituteAll, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, gettext, glib, atk, pango, cairo, perl, xorg
-, gdk-pixbuf, xlibsWrapper, gobject-introspection
+{ config, lib, substituteAll, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, pkg-config, gettext, glib, atk, pango, cairo, perl, xorg
+, gdk-pixbuf, xlibsWrapper, gobject-introspection, buildPackages, autoreconfHook269, gtk-doc
 , xineramaSupport ? stdenv.isLinux
 , cupsSupport ? config.gtk2.cups or stdenv.isLinux, cups
 , gdktarget ? if stdenv.isDarwin then "quartz" else "x11"
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gtk+";
   version = "2.24.33";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gtk+/2.24/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "rCrHV/WULTGKMRpUsMgLXvKV8pnCpzxjL2v7H/Scxto=";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    domain = "gitlab.gnome.org";
+    owner = "GNOME";
+    repo = "gtk";
+    rev = "68631945733158f164427db84f01301d7e875763";
+    sha256 = "sha256-PFSW5x1krevEBY66AutYUD/upcTLUbbDw3zQsVlA3Zg=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gtkCleanImmodulesCache
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = setupHooks ++ [ perl pkg-config gettext gobject-introspection ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = setupHooks ++ [ perl pkg-config gettext gobject-introspection autoreconfHook269 gtk-doc ];
 
   patches = [
     ./patches/2.0-immodules.cache.patch
@@ -61,9 +64,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optionals cupsSupport [ cups ]
     ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AppKit Cocoa ];
 
-  preConfigure = if (lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.hostPlatform.darwinMinVersion "11" && stdenv.isDarwin) then ''
-    MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.16
-  '' else null;
+    preAutoreconf = ''
+      NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+    '';
+
+    preConfigure = lib.optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.hostPlatform.darwinMinVersion "11" && stdenv.isDarwin) ''
+      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.16
+    '';
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-gdktarget=${gdktarget}"

with this i get to

gtk+-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu> *** gtkbuiltincache.h is not in the tree, and cannot be built
gtk+-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu> *** because you don't have libpng, or (when cross-compiling) you
gtk+-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu> *** don't have a prebuilt gtk-update-icon-cache on the build system.

Hi. I experience the following situation:
nix-repl> pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc
{ abi = "32"; arch = "mips32r2"; }
nix-repl> pkgs.pkgsStatic.stdenv.hostPlatform.gcc
{ abi = "n32"; arch = "loongson2f"; float = "hard"; }

What's the proper way of building statically?