osm2pgsql version 0.70.5+r25090-2 failed to build on i386

osm2pgsql version 0.70.5+r25090-2 failed to build on i386
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/osm2pgsql/0.70.5+r25090-2/+build/2470038

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/osm2pgsql/0.70.5+r25090-2/+build/2470038/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-i386.osm2pgsql_0.70.5%2Br25090-2_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 1695 lines into the build log:

#define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1
#define HAVE_STRING_H 1
#define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1
#define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1
#define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
#define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
#define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1
#define HAVE_DLFCN_H 1
#define LT_OBJDIR ".libs/"
#define HAVE_XML2 1

configure: exit 1
dh_auto_configure: ./configure --build=i686-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --includedir=${prefix}/include --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --infodir=${prefix}/share/info --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir=${prefix}/lib/osm2pgsql --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking returned exit code 1
make: *** [build] Error 9
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
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Build finished at 20110502-0417
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/osm2pgsql-0.70.5+r25090