This patch will build the package with -fPIC and fix the problem. My understanding, which may well be flawed, is that this will make no difference on ia32 builds, but add the benefit of -fPIC (demonstrated by this bug) to amd64 and ppc builds.
** Attachment added: "fpic.diff" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4182201/fpic.diff -- Can't build against libxxf86vm-dev https://launchpad.net/bugs/59402 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
