Comment 1 for bug 554444

I've just succeeded in building sdlmame 0.136 on the PPA:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~c.falco/+archive/mame/+packages

I also had to fix a deprecated macro reference to make it build with GTK 2.20, see debian/changelog:

sdlmame (0.136-0ubuntu9) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/rules: got rid of gcc 4.2, default lucid compiler (gcc 4.4) is good
    for sdlmame - Closes (LP: #554444)
  * added dependency on quilt patch system:
    - removed deprecated gtk2 macro in src/osd/sdl/dview.c
    - now build-depends on debhelper >= 7.0.8
  * fixed release in all manpages, also a typo in ldverify.1
 -- Cesare Falco <email address hidden> Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:51:27 +0200

Just in case, I also would suggest to refresh source orig tarball, as it currently expands to sdlmame0136 instead of sdlmame-0.136. You can both download the original .zip and repack it manually or use the get-orig-source target unpacking the attached .diff files.

Cesare.