Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ia32-libs
This was reported about 2 years ago with regard to libqt breakage and
rejected with a comment of "..we don't support 32 bit builds in Dapper".
Well, here we are (2) major releases later and it is still a problem.
Specifically, there is no symlink under /usr/lib32 from libX11.so.6 -->
libX11.so. This neatly ensures that just about any X11 app one attempts
to build will fail with a linker complaint of 'missing libX11'.
There are likely a number of other shared libs with missing links that
will cause similar problems. Since these are created and present for
all the 64-bit libraries, what possible justification can there be for
not presenting the same layout in the 32-bit lib directories? A bit a
google searching revealed all sorts of discussion threads in the pages
for various open-source projects that referred to this exact underlying
issue. A variety of hack-ish scripts are even floating around to create
these symlinks post-install. If you truly do not intend for anyone to
build 32-bit apps on an x86_64 Ubuntu system, then why provide a dual-
mode compiler package? This is not defensible - sorry.
An official fix is LONG overdue!
** Affects: ia32-libs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Missing libX11 symlink breaks builds
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109283
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