xfe version 1.32.4-1 failed to build on i386

[Stefano Rivera]

xfe version 1.32.4-1 failed to build on i386
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfe/1.32.4-1/+build/2574962

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfe/1.32.4-1/+build/2574962/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-i386.xfe_1.32.4-1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 1549 lines into the build log:

gcc -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I.. -I../intl -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -O2 -g -O2 -c -o sn-xutils.o `test -f '../libsn/sn-xutils.c' || echo './'`../libsn/sn-xutils.c
g++ -O2 -g -O2 -I/usr/include/fox-1.6 -DHAVE_XFT_H -DSTARTUP_NOTIFICATION -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -lX11 -L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -lfreetype -lz -lXft -o xfe command.o screen.o ttyinit.o xsetup.o xvt.o icons.o xfeutils.o startupnotification.o StringList.o File.o FileDict.o IconList.o FileList.o FileDialog.o DirList.o DialogBox.o MessageBox.o Bookmarks.o HistInputDialog.o InputDialog.o OverwriteBox.o TextWindow.o CommandWindow.o Properties.o Preferences.o FilePanel.o DirPanel.o DirHistBox.o PathLinker.o BrowseInputDialog.o ArchInputDialog.o FontDialog.o TextLabel.o Keybindings.o KeybindingsDialog.o XFileExplorer.o main.o sn-common.o sn-launchee.o sn-launcher.o sn-list.o sn-monitor.o sn-util.o sn-xmessages.o sn-xutils.o -lutil -lpng -lFOX-1.6
/usr/bin/ld: screen.o: undefined reference to symbol 'XConvertSelection'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'XConvertSelection' is defined in DSO /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so so try adding it to the linker command line
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [xfe] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/xfe-1.32.4/src'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/xfe-1.32.4'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/xfe-1.32.4'
dh_auto_build: make -j1 returned exit code 2
make: *** [build] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
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Build finished at 20110617-1121
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/xfe-1.32.4

[Mat Scales (wibblymat)]

Bug created in Sourceforge for upstream, https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3344570&group_id=64835&atid=508822#

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

Bug wasn't closed as changelog listed the wrong bug:

xfe (1.32.4-1ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Fixed build failure due to ld --as-needed (LP: #803194)
  * Added --with autoreconf to dh and added dh-autoreconf as a build-dep
 -- Mat Scales <email address hidden> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:40:20 +0100