Package: cyrus-sasl2 Version: 2.1.22-1 Severity: serious cyrus-sasl2 fails to build from source on amd64 because autotools generates non-PIC static libraries which are then used to create a PIC shared library. This works on i386 but not on amd64.
A build log fragment [0]: --8<-- Making all in plugins make[3]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/cyrus-sasl2-2.1.22/plugins' /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -W -Wall -g -O2 -Wl,-z,defs -module -export-dynamic -rpath /usr/lib/sasl2 -o libsasldb.la -version-info 2:22:0 sasldb.lo sasldb_init.lo plugin_common.lo ../sasldb/libsasldb.la -ldb-4.2 -lresolv x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -shared .libs/sasldb.o .libs/sasldb_init.o .libs/plugin_common.o -Wl,--whole-archive ../sasldb/.libs/libsasldb.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive /usr/lib/libdb-4.2.so -lresolv -Wl,-z -Wl,defs -Wl,-soname -Wl,libsasldb.so.2 -o .libs/libsasldb.so.2.0.22 /usr/bin/ld: ../sasldb/.libs/libsasldb.a(allockey.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC ../sasldb/.libs/libsasldb.a(allockey.o): could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [libsasldb.la] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/cyrus-sasl2-2.1.22/plugins' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/cyrus-sasl2-2.1.22' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/cyrus-sasl2-2.1.22' make: *** [build-arch-stamp] Error 2 ****************************************************************************** Build finished at 20061108-0430 FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died] --8<-- [0] http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=cyrus-sasl2;ver=2.1.22-1;arch=amd64;stamp=1162960218 -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]