Here's the patch I applied to Ubuntu to get this package to build from smc git
head.
=== modified file 'debian/changelog'
--- debian/changelog2011-09-18 22:03:34 +
+++ debian/changelog2012-02-23 14:59:43 +
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+smc (1.9+git20120222-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
+
+ * New upstream snapshot. Fixes FTBFS. (LP: #903126)
+- debian/control: Add libboost-thread-dev to B-D
+- debian/patches/01_configure.ac.patch: Search for boost_filesystem-mt
+ instead of boost_filesystem (as required by patch in previous Debian
+ version of the package). Also search for boost_system so that this
+ library gets added to the linker line.
+- debian/patches: Remove as unnecessary 01_configure.patch,
+ 02_binutils-gold.patch, 03_smc_boost1.46.patch
+- debian/rules: Add get-orig-source rule to check out smc from git.
+ Add post-patches rule to run autogen.sh after applying the
+ configure.ac patches.
+
+ -- Barry Warsaw ba...@ubuntu.com Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:14:50 -0500
+
smc (1.9-4ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low
* Update 02_binutils-gold.patch to properly use LDADD. Fixes FTBFS.
=== modified file 'debian/control'
--- debian/control 2011-09-18 22:03:34 +
+++ debian/control 2012-02-22 23:01:11 +
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com
XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Muammar El Khatib muam...@debian.org
-Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (= 6), autotools-dev, libcegui-mk2-dev (=
0.6.2), libboost-filesystem-dev, libsdl1.2-dev, libsdl-image1.2-dev,
libsdl-mixer1.2-dev, libsdl-ttf2.0-dev, pkg-config, quilt (= 0.40), ttf-dejavu
+Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (= 6), autotools-dev, libcegui-mk2-dev (=
0.6.2), libboost-filesystem-dev, libboost-thread-dev, libsdl1.2-dev,
libsdl-image1.2-dev, libsdl-mixer1.2-dev, libsdl-ttf2.0-dev, pkg-config, quilt
(= 0.40), ttf-dejavu
Standards-Version: 3.9.1
Homepage: http://www.secretmaryo.org
=== added file 'debian/patches/01_configure.ac.patch'
--- debian/patches/01_configure.ac.patch1970-01-01 00:00:00 +
+++ debian/patches/01_configure.ac.patch2012-02-23 14:43:19 +
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Author: Barry Warsaw ba...@ubuntu.com
+Description: A patch to change configure.ac file to recognize libboost.
+--- a/configure.ac
b/configure.ac
+@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@
+ ### Check for libraries ###
+
+ # Check for the Boost Filesystem library
+-AC_CHECK_LIB([boost_filesystem], [main], ,
++AC_CHECK_LIB([boost_filesystem-mt], [main], ,
+ [AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find Boost Filesystem library])])
+
+ # Check for the Boost Thread library
+ AC_CHECK_LIB([boost_thread], [main], ,
+ [AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find Boost Thread library])])
+
++# Check for the Boost System library
++AC_CHECK_LIB([boost_system], [main], ,
++ [AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find Boost System library])])
++
+ # Check for the OpenGL and GLU library
+ case ${host} in
+ *darwin*|*macosx*)
=== removed file 'debian/patches/01_configure.patch'
--- debian/patches/01_configure.patch 2011-08-20 20:18:07 +
+++ debian/patches/01_configure.patch 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-Author: Joao Pinto joao.pi...@getdeb.net
-Description: A patch to change configure file to make recognize libboost.
smc-1.9.orig/configure
-+++ smc-1.9/configure
-@@ -3377,13 +3377,13 @@
- # Check for the Boost Filesystem library
-
-
--{ $as_echo $as_me:$LINENO: checking for main in -lboost_filesystem 5
--$as_echo_n checking for main in -lboost_filesystem... 6; }
-+{ $as_echo $as_me:$LINENO: checking for main in -lboost_filesystem-mt 5
-+$as_echo_n checking for main in -lboost_filesystem-mt... 6; }
- if test ${ac_cv_lib_boost_filesystem_main+set} = set; then
- $as_echo_n (cached) 6
- else
- ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
--LIBS=-lboost_filesystem $LIBS
-+LIBS=-lboost_filesystem-mt $LIBS
- cat conftest.$ac_ext _ACEOF
- /* confdefs.h. */
- _ACEOF
-@@ -3441,7 +3441,7 @@
- #define HAVE_LIBBOOST_FILESYSTEM 1
- _ACEOF
-
-- LIBS=-lboost_filesystem $LIBS
-+ LIBS=-lboost_filesystem-mt $LIBS
-
- else
- { { $as_echo $as_me:$LINENO: error: Unable to find Boost Filesystem
library 5
=== removed file 'debian/patches/02_binutils-gold.patch'
--- debian/patches/02_binutils-gold.patch 2011-09-18 22:03:34 +
+++ debian/patches/02_binutils-gold.patch 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: smc-1.9/src/Makefile.in
-===
smc-1.9.orig/src/Makefile.in 2011-09-18 22:02:04.0 -0400
-+++ smc-1.9/src/Makefile.in2011-09-18 22:03:01.0 -0400
-@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
- font.$(OBJEXT) gl_surface.$(OBJEXT) img_manager.$(OBJEXT) \
- img_settings.$(OBJEXT) renderer.$(OBJEXT) video.$(OBJEXT)
- smc_OBJECTS = $(am_smc_OBJECTS)
--smc_LDADD = $(LDADD)
-+smc_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lX11 -lboost_system
- DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I.@am__isrc@ -I$(top_builddir)
- depcomp =
