Although the resulting binary still segfaults on my machine, here a fix for the FTBFS that works for me.
** Attachment added: "Trivial fix for the FTBFS" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4159748/build.patch -- [edgy] usplash segfaults https://launchpad.net/bugs/56587 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
