The package FTBFS in a cowbuilder chroot on amd64, it appears makensis isn't built with -lz because you need lib32z1-dev instead of zlib1g-dev on amd64.
I've fixed debian/control in the collab-maint SVN repo and uploaded. I had to do things a bit manually because I used the tar.bz2 from upstream and svn-buildpackage doesn't yet support dpkg-source v3 format (#388567). The patch doesn't cause the configure stage to fail when the appropriate zlib is not available, you might want to change that. When multi-arch is finally implemented you should drop amd64 from the architecture list and people on amd64 can install the i386 package. More details below: (cowbuilder)r...@chianamo:~/nsis-2.46# debuild ... g++ -o build/release/makensis/makensis -Wall -g -O2 -m32 -Wl,-Map,build/release/makensis/makensis.map -pthread build/release/makensis/build.o build/release/makensis/clzma.o build/release/makensis/crc32.o build/release/makensis/DialogTemplate.o build/release/makensis/dirreader.o build/release/makensis/fileform.o build/release/makensis/growbuf.o build/release/makensis/icon.o build/release/makensis/lang.o build/release/makensis/lineparse.o build/release/makensis/makenssi.o build/release/makensis/manifest.o build/release/makensis/mmap.o build/release/makensis/Plugins.o build/release/makensis/ResourceEditor.o build/release/makensis/ResourceVersionInfo.o build/release/makensis/script.o build/release/makensis/ShConstants.o build/release/makensis/strlist.o build/release/makensis/tokens.o build/release/makensis/util.o build/release/makensis/winchar.o build/release/makensis/writer.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/blocksort.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/bzlib.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/compress.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/huffman.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zGuids.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Common/OutBuffer.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Common/StreamUtils.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/LZ/LZInWindow.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/LZMA/LZMAEncoder.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/RangeCoder/RangeCoderBit.o build/release/makensis/7zip/Common/Alloc.o build/release/makensis/7zip/Common/CRC.o -lpthread build/release/makensis/build.o: In function `CZlib::Compress(bool)': /tmp/buildd/nsis-2.46/Source/czlib.h:54: undefined reference to `deflate' build/release/makensis/build.o: In function `CZlib::End()': /tmp/buildd/nsis-2.46/Source/czlib.h:48: undefined reference to `deflateEnd' build/release/makensis/build.o: In function `CZlib::Init(int, unsigned int)': /tmp/buildd/nsis-2.46/Source/czlib.h:43: undefined reference to `deflateInit2_' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status (cowbuilder)r...@chianamo:~/nsis-2.46# g++ -o build/release/makensis/makensis -Wall -g -O2 -m32 -Wl,-Map,build/release/makensis/makensis.map -pthread build/release/makensis/build.o build/release/makensis/clzma.o build/release/makensis/crc32.o build/release/makensis/DialogTemplate.o build/release/makensis/dirreader.o build/release/makensis/fileform.o build/release/makensis/growbuf.o build/release/makensis/icon.o build/release/makensis/lang.o build/release/makensis/lineparse.o build/release/makensis/makenssi.o build/release/makensis/manifest.o build/release/makensis/mmap.o build/release/makensis/Plugins.o build/release/makensis/ResourceEditor.o build/release/makensis/ResourceVersionInfo.o build/release/makensis/script.o build/release/makensis/ShConstants.o build/release/makensis/strlist.o build/release/makensis/tokens.o build/release/makensis/util.o build/release/makensis/winchar.o build/release/makensis/writer.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/blocksort.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/bzlib.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/compress.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/huffman.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zGuids.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Common/OutBuffer.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Common/StreamUtils.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/LZ/LZInWindow.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/LZMA/LZMAEncoder.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/RangeCoder/RangeCoderBit.o build/release/makensis/7zip/Common/Alloc.o build/release/makensis/7zip/Common/CRC.o -lpthread -lz /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.2/../../../libz.so when searching for -lz /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.2/../../../libz.a when searching for -lz /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libz.so when searching for -lz /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libz.a when searching for -lz /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz collect2: ld returned 1 exit status (cowbuilder)r...@chianamo:~/nsis-2.46# apt-get install lib32z1-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: lib32z1 The following NEW packages will be installed: lib32z1 lib32z1-dev 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 146kB of archives. After this operation, 319kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 ftp://ftp.debian.org sid/main lib32z1 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 [73.9kB] Get:2 ftp://ftp.debian.org sid/main lib32z1-dev 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 [72.4kB] Fetched 146kB in 20s (7039B/s) debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed Selecting previously deselected package lib32z1. (Reading database ... 17277 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking lib32z1 (from .../lib32z1_1%3a1.2.3.3.dfsg-15_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package lib32z1-dev. Unpacking lib32z1-dev (from .../lib32z1-dev_1%3a1.2.3.3.dfsg-15_amd64.deb) ... Setting up lib32z1 (1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15) ... Setting up lib32z1-dev (1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15) ... (cowbuilder)r...@chianamo:~/nsis-2.46# g++ -o build/release/makensis/makensis -Wall -g -O2 -m32 -Wl,-Map,build/release/makensis/makensis.map -pthread build/release/makensis/build.o build/release/makensis/clzma.o build/release/makensis/crc32.o build/release/makensis/DialogTemplate.o build/release/makensis/dirreader.o build/release/makensis/fileform.o build/release/makensis/growbuf.o build/release/makensis/icon.o build/release/makensis/lang.o build/release/makensis/lineparse.o build/release/makensis/makenssi.o build/release/makensis/manifest.o build/release/makensis/mmap.o build/release/makensis/Plugins.o build/release/makensis/ResourceEditor.o build/release/makensis/ResourceVersionInfo.o build/release/makensis/script.o build/release/makensis/ShConstants.o build/release/makensis/strlist.o build/release/makensis/tokens.o build/release/makensis/util.o build/release/makensis/winchar.o build/release/makensis/writer.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/blocksort.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/bzlib.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/compress.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/huffman.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zGuids.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Common/OutBuffer.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Common/StreamUtils.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/LZ/LZInWindow.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/LZMA/LZMAEncoder.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/RangeCoder/RangeCoderBit.o build/release/makensis/7zip/Common/Alloc.o build/release/makensis/7zip/Common/CRC.o -lpthread -lz (cowbuilder)r...@chianamo:~/nsis-2.46# debuild ... g++ -o build/release/makensis/makensis -Wall -g -O2 -m32 -Wl,-Map,build/release/makensis/makensis.map -pthread build/release/makensis/build.o build/release/makensis/clzma.o build/release/makensis/crc32.o build/release/makensis/DialogTemplate.o build/release/makensis/dirreader.o build/release/makensis/fileform.o build/release/makensis/growbuf.o build/release/makensis/icon.o build/release/makensis/lang.o build/release/makensis/lineparse.o build/release/makensis/makenssi.o build/release/makensis/manifest.o build/release/makensis/mmap.o build/release/makensis/Plugins.o build/release/makensis/ResourceEditor.o build/release/makensis/ResourceVersionInfo.o build/release/makensis/script.o build/release/makensis/ShConstants.o build/release/makensis/strlist.o build/release/makensis/tokens.o build/release/makensis/util.o build/release/makensis/winchar.o build/release/makensis/writer.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/blocksort.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/bzlib.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/compress.o build/release/makensis/bzip2/huffman.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zGuids.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Common/OutBuffer.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Common/StreamUtils.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/LZ/LZInWindow.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/LZMA/LZMAEncoder.o build/release/makensis/7zip/7zip/Compress/RangeCoder/RangeCoderBit.o build/release/makensis/7zip/Common/Alloc.o build/release/makensis/7zip/Common/CRC.o -lpthread -lz ... -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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