This is a semi-automatic report based on the latest archive rebuild results [1].
Apologies if it reaches you in error.
Excerpt from the buildlog:
ar cru libsdpa.a libsdpa_a-sdpa_block.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_call.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_chordal.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_dataset.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_dpotrf.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_io.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_jordan.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_linear.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_newton.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_parts.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_solve.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_struct.o libsdpa_a-sdpa_tool.o
ranlib libsdpa.a
g++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"sdpa\" -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"sdpa\" -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"7.3.5\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"sdpa\ 7.3.5\" -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"\" -DPACKAGE_URL=\"\" -DPACKAGE=\"sdpa\" -DVERSION=\"7.3.5\" -DFC_FUNC\(name,NAME\)=name\ ##\ _ -DFC_FUNC_\(name,NAME\)=name\ ##\ _ -I. -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall -D_REENTRANT -Wall -fPIC -funroll-all-loops -c -o sdpa-sdpa_exe.o `test -f 'sdpa_exe.cpp' || echo './'`sdpa_exe.cpp
g++ -I/usr/include -I/usr/include -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall -D_REENTRANT -Wall -fPIC -funroll-all-loops -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -o sdpa sdpa-sdpa_exe.o -L. -lsdpa -ldmumps_seq /usr/lib/atlas-base/atlas/liblapack.a /usr/lib/atlas-base/atlas/libblas.a -lpthread -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/../../../i386-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/../../../../lib -L/lib/i386-linux-gnu -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/../../.. -lgfortran -lm -lquadmath
make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/sdpa-7.3.5.dfsg'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/sdpa-7.3.5.dfsg'
touch debian/stamp-makefile-build
DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET unset, not running checks
cd /build/buildd/sdpa-7.3.5.dfsg/mex && \
make \
MAKE_INCLUDE_DIR=../etc COMPILE_ENVIRONMENT=octave \
ALL_INCLUDE=-I../ SDPA_LIB=../libsdpa.a
make[1]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/sdpa-7.3.5.dfsg/mex'
mkoctfile --mex -DPRINTF_INT_STYLE=\\\"%d\\\" \
\
-I../ \
mexsdpa.cpp mexFprintf.c \
../libsdpa.a -ldmumps_seq /usr/lib/atlas-base/atlas/liblapack.a /usr/lib/atlas-base/atlas/libblas.a -lpthread -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/../../../i386-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/../../../../lib -L/lib/i386-linux-gnu -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/../../.. -lgfortran -lm -lquadmath
cc1: error: -I.: --param arguments should be of the form NAME=VALUE
make[1]: *** [mexsdpa] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/sdpa-7.3.5.dfsg/mex'
make: *** [build/sdpam] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
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Build finished at 20120211-0252
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
The full buidlog can be found at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20120201/+build/3170764/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-precise-i386.sdpa_7.3.5.dfsg-1build1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz.
[1] http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20120201-precise.html
fixed in later releases