gpointing-device-settings version 1.5.1-5 failed to build in oneiric

[Matthias Klose]

gpointing-device-settings version 1.5.1-5 failed to build in oneiric
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110816/+build/2694958

Details about the rebuild:
http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20110816-oneiric.html

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110816/+build/2694958/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-amd64.gpointing-device-settings_1.5.1-5_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 1485 lines into the build log:

  CCLD libpointing-device.la
/usr/bin/ld: .libs/libpointing_device_la-gsd-pointing-device-plugin.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol `gsd_mouse_extension_plugin_class_finalize' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [libpointing-device.la] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/gpointing-device-settings-1.5.1/modules/gnome-settings-daemon-plugins'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/gpointing-device-settings-1.5.1/modules'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/gpointing-device-settings-1.5.1'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/gpointing-device-settings-1.5.1'
dh_auto_build: make -j1 returned exit code 2
make: *** [build] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
******************************************************************************
Build finished at 20110821-0503
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/gpointing-device-settings-1.5.1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gpointing-device-settings - 1.5.1-5ubuntu1

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gpointing-device-settings (1.5.1-5ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Add undef-sym.patch: Define gsd_mouse_extension_plugin_class_finalize()
    to work with newer g-s-d. Fixes FTBFS. (LP: #831136)
 -- Daniel T Chen <email address hidden> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:53:06 -0400