matchbox-window-manager version 1.2-3ubuntu2 failed to build on i386

[Matthias Klose]

matchbox-window-manager version 1.2-3ubuntu2 failed to build on i386
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110329/+buildjob/2403933

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110329/+buildjob/2403933/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-natty-i386.matchbox-window-manager_1.2-3ubuntu2_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 1523 lines into the build log:

xml.c: At top level:
xml.c:453:1: warning: 'catch_sigsegv' defined but not used
gcc -g -O2 -g -O2 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -o matchbox-window-manager main.o wm.o base_client.o main_client.o toolbar_client.o toolbar_client_alt.o dockbar_client.o dialog_client.o select_client.o desktop_client.o ewmh.o misc.o client_common.o keys.o list.o stack.o composite-engine.o session.o mbtheme.o xml.o -lmb -L/lib -lexpat -lstartup-notification-1 -L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -lXfixes
/usr/bin/ld: wm.o: undefined reference to symbol 'xsettings_client_new'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'xsettings_client_new' is defined in DSO /usr/lib/libXsettings-client.so.0 so try adding it to the linker command line
/usr/lib/libXsettings-client.so.0: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [matchbox-window-manager] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/matchbox-window-manager-1.2/src'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/matchbox-window-manager-1.2'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/matchbox-window-manager-1.2'
make: *** [debian/stamp-makefile-build] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
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Build finished at 20110408-1618
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/matchbox-window-manager-1.2

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

Might be fixed with a merge from Debian. There was a fix for a similar (but not exactly the same) build failure there:

  matchbox-window-manager (1.2-5) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Add -lX11, -lXext, -lXsettings-client to LDADD settings. Closes: #555591.
   * Update standards version.

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Fixed in 7ubuntu1