It's not only libdb4.2. libsasl2.a seems to depend on all its plugins and it is not declared in libsasl2.la. I'm no autotools/libtool expert, but something is wrong and it bites a lot of users of libsasl2 and OpenLDAP.
Here's a another example from Mandriva: http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200601/msg00242.html Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]