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Bug 246756 - dev-util/subversion-1.5.4 has undefined references
Summary: dev-util/subversion-1.5.4 has undefined references
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED)
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Blocks: 246757
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Reported: 2008-11-14 17:05 UTC by Robert Wohlrab
Modified: 2011-01-12 12:16 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Robert Wohlrab 2008-11-14 17:05:49 UTC
I checked the package for undefined reference and got undefined reference. For
testing purposes LDFLAGS in /etc/make.conf was changed to
 LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-z,-defs -Wl,--no-undefined"
The reported problem is in most cases a upstream problem - please report it
upstream if it is so. Please use the man page to find the needed library. For
example dlsym would need '-ldl' (libld.so) or cosf need '-lm' (libm.so).

Current results are following:
------------------------------
cd subversion/libsvn_diff && /bin/sh /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/subversion-1.5.4/work/subversion-1.5.4/libtool --tag=CC --silent --mode=link x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc  -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing   -pthread   -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,-defs -Wl,--no-undefined    -L/usr/lib64  -rpath /usr/lib64 -o libsvn_diff-1.la  diff.lo diff3.lo diff4.lo diff_file.lo diff_memory.lo lcs.lo token.lo util.lo ../../subversion/libsvn_subr/libsvn_subr-1.la /usr/lib64/libaprutil-1.la /usr/lib64/libapr-1.la
.libs/fs-loader.o: In function `svn_fs_set_uuid':
fs-loader.c:(.text+0x715): undefined reference to `apr_uuid_parse'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [subversion/libsvn_fs/libsvn_fs-1.la] Error 1 


Portage 2.2_rc14 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.3.1, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r0, 2.6.26-1-amd64 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.26-1-amd64-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_4200+-with-glibc2.2.5
Timestamp of tree: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:07:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p39
dev-lang/python:     2.5.2-r8
dev-util/cmake:      2.6.1
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0
sys-apps/openrc:     0.3.0-r1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r3
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.63
sys-devel/automake:  1.5, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.19
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.6a
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.27-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,-defs -Wl,--no-undefined"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="acl amd64 berkdb bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cups dri fortran gdbm gpm iconv ipv6 isdnlog midi minimal mmx mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openmp pam pcre perl pppd python readline reflection session spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd unicode xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text"USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint i810 intel mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa vga via vmware voodoo"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-11-29 19:53:17 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)

I added "-Wl,-z,-defs -Wl,--no-undefined" to my LDFLAGS and I can't reproduce the same exact problem.

(In reply to comment #0)
> cd subversion/libsvn_diff && /bin/sh
> /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/subversion-1.5.4/work/subversion-1.5.4/libtool
> --tag=CC --silent --mode=link x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc  -O2 -pipe
> -fno-strict-aliasing   -pthread   -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,-defs -Wl,--no-undefined   
> -L/usr/lib64  -rpath /usr/lib64 -o libsvn_diff-1.la  diff.lo diff3.lo
> diff4.lo diff_file.lo diff_memory.lo lcs.lo token.lo util.lo
> ../../subversion/libsvn_subr/libsvn_subr-1.la /usr/lib64/libaprutil-1.la
> /usr/lib64/libapr-1.la
> .libs/fs-loader.o: In function `svn_fs_set_uuid':
> fs-loader.c:(.text+0x715): undefined reference to `apr_uuid_parse'

apr_uuid_parse() should be defined in /usr/lib64/libaprutil-1.so which should be referenced in /usr/lib64/libaprutil-1.la.


However I reproduced this problem:

cd subversion/mod_dav_svn && /bin/sh /home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/libtool --tag=CC --silent --mode=link i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc  -march=athlon64 -msse3 -pipe -fno-ident -ggdb3   -pthread  -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -DNE_LFS  -Wl,-O1,--as-needed,--gc-sections,--hash-style=gnu,--sort-common -Wl,-z,-defs,--no-undefined    -L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib  -rpath /usr/lib/apache2/modules -avoid-version -module  -o mod_dav_svn.la  activity.lo authz.lo deadprops.lo liveprops.lo lock.lo merge.lo mirror.lo mod_dav_svn.lo reports/dated-rev.lo reports/deleted-rev.lo reports/file-revs.lo reports/get-location-segments.lo reports/get-locations.lo reports/get-locks.lo reports/log.lo reports/mergeinfo.lo reports/replay.lo reports/update.lo repos.lo util.lo version.lo ../../subversion/libsvn_repos/libsvn_repos-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_fs/libsvn_fs-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_delta/libsvn_delta-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_subr/libsvn_subr-1.la
.libs/activity.o: In function `dav_svn__delete_activity':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/activity.c:160: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/authz.o: In function `allow_read':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/authz.c:78: undefined reference to `ap_sub_req_method_uri'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/authz.c:85: undefined reference to `ap_destroy_sub_req'
.libs/deadprops.o: In function `save_value':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/deadprops.c:147: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/deadprops.o: In function `db_open':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/deadprops.c:225: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/deadprops.o: In function `db_define_namespaces':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/deadprops.c:263: undefined reference to `dav_xmlns_add'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/deadprops.c:264: undefined reference to `dav_xmlns_add'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/deadprops.c:265: undefined reference to `dav_xmlns_add'
.libs/deadprops.o: In function `db_store':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/deadprops.c:367: undefined reference to `dav_xml_get_cdata'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/deadprops.c:381: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/liveprops.o: In function `insert_prop':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/liveprops.c:469: undefined reference to `ap_default_type'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/liveprops.c:696: undefined reference to `dav_get_liveprop_info'
.libs/liveprops.o: In function `is_writable':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/liveprops.c:728: undefined reference to `dav_get_liveprop_info'
.libs/liveprops.o: In function `dav_svn__find_liveprop':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/liveprops.c:822: undefined reference to `dav_do_find_liveprop'
.libs/lock.o: In function `unescape_xml':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:141: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/lock.o: In function `dav_lock_to_svn_lock':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:164: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:169: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/lock.o: In function `open_lockdb':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:321: undefined reference to `ap_strstr_c'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:323: undefined reference to `ap_strstr_c'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:325: undefined reference to `ap_strstr_c'
.libs/lock.o: In function `get_locks':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:457: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/lock.o: In function `find_lock':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:517: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:534: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/lock.o: In function `has_locks':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:595: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/lock.o: In function `append_locks':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:638: undefined reference to `dav_new_error'
.libs/lock.o:/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/lock.c:643: more undefined references to `dav_new_error' follow
.libs/merge.o: In function `send_response':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/merge.c:82: undefined reference to `ap_fputstrs'
.libs/merge.o: In function `dav_svn__merge_response':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/merge.c:278: undefined reference to `ap_fputstrs'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/merge.c:300: undefined reference to `ap_fputstrs'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/merge.c:308: undefined reference to `ap_fputstrs'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/merge.c:315: undefined reference to `ap_fputstrs'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/merge.c:350: undefined reference to `ap_filter_flush'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/merge.c:355: undefined reference to `ap_pass_brigade'
.libs/mirror.o: In function `proxy_request_fixup':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:36: undefined reference to `ap_add_output_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:37: undefined reference to `ap_add_output_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:38: undefined reference to `ap_add_input_filter'
.libs/mirror.o: In function `dav_svn__proxy_merge_fixup':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:66: undefined reference to `ap_strstr'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:67: undefined reference to `ap_strstr_c'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:78: undefined reference to `ap_strstr'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:79: undefined reference to `ap_strstr_c'
.libs/mirror.o: In function `dav_svn__location_in_filter':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:115: undefined reference to `ap_remove_input_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:116: undefined reference to `ap_get_brigade'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:131: undefined reference to `ap_get_brigade'
.libs/mirror.o: In function `dav_svn__location_header_filter':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:182: undefined reference to `ap_strstr_c'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:187: undefined reference to `ap_construct_url'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:195: undefined reference to `ap_remove_output_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:196: undefined reference to `ap_pass_brigade'
.libs/mirror.o: In function `dav_svn__location_body_filter':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:210: undefined reference to `ap_remove_output_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:211: undefined reference to `ap_pass_brigade'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mirror.c:251: undefined reference to `ap_pass_brigade'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `init':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:99: undefined reference to `ap_add_version_component'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:104: undefined reference to `ap_log_perror'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `init_dso':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:128: undefined reference to `ap_log_perror'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `SVNPathAuthz_cmd':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:282: undefined reference to `ap_lookup_provider'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `SVNSpecialURI_cmd':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:352: undefined reference to `ap_getparents'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:353: undefined reference to `ap_no2slash'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:362: undefined reference to `ap_get_module_config'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `dav_svn__get_fs_path':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:377: undefined reference to `ap_get_module_config'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `dav_svn__get_fs_parent_path':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:387: undefined reference to `ap_get_module_config'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `dav_svn__get_repo_name':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:442: undefined reference to `ap_get_module_config'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `dav_svn__get_root_dir':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:452: undefined reference to `ap_get_module_config'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o:/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:462: more undefined references to `ap_get_module_config' follow
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `merge_xml_filter_insert':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:568: undefined reference to `ap_add_input_filter'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `merge_xml_in_filter':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:598: undefined reference to `ap_remove_input_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:599: undefined reference to `ap_get_brigade'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:610: undefined reference to `ap_get_brigade'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:652: undefined reference to `ap_remove_input_filter'
.libs/mod_dav_svn.o: In function `register_hooks':
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:752: undefined reference to `ap_hook_pre_config'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:753: undefined reference to `ap_hook_post_config'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:756: undefined reference to `dav_register_provider'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:759: undefined reference to `ap_register_input_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:761: undefined reference to `ap_hook_insert_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:765: undefined reference to `dav_hook_gather_propsets'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:767: undefined reference to `dav_hook_find_liveprop'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:768: undefined reference to `dav_hook_insert_all_liveprops'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:770: undefined reference to `dav_register_liveprop_group'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:773: undefined reference to `ap_register_output_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:775: undefined reference to `ap_register_output_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:777: undefined reference to `ap_register_input_filter'
/home/Arfrever/Copiae_Laborales/subversion_trunk/subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.c:779: undefined reference to `ap_hook_fixups'
...
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [subversion/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn.la] Error 1

This problem maybe will never be fixed.
Comment 2 Jeremy Murphy 2009-01-07 02:04:47 UTC
I'm not sure if this is strictly the same bug, but I just had the problem that
I simply could not emerge subversion-1.5.4 at all.  (Whereas I was able to emerge it a few months ago.)  This is on ~amd64 and the error was as follows:

cd subversion/svndumpfilter && /bin/sh /home/portage/dev-util/subversion-1.5.4/work/subversion-1.5.4/libtool --tag=CC --silent --mode=link x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc  -O2 -pipe -march=core2 -fno-strict-aliasing   -pthread   -Wl,-O1    -L/usr/lib64  -rpath /usr/lib64 -o svndumpfilter  main.o ../../subversion/libsvn_repos/libsvn_repos-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_fs/libsvn_fs-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_delta/libsvn_delta-1.la ../../subversion/libsvn_subr/libsvn_subr-1.la /usr/lib64/libaprutil-1.la /usr/lib64/libapr-1.la
/usr/lib64/libaprutil-1.so: undefined reference to `apr_os_uuid_get'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [subversion/svnadmin/svnadmin] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/usr/lib64/libaprutil-1.so: undefined reference to `apr_os_uuid_get'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [subversion/svndumpfilter/svndumpfilter] Error 1

libaprutil-1.so is part of dev-libs/apr-util and I noticed that e2fsprogs(-libs) had been upgraded more recently than apr(-util), so although revdep-rebuild showed no problems, I remerged apr and apr-utils: magically, subversion now emerges successfully!  Maybe the same thing will work for you...?
Comment 3 Robert Wohlrab 2009-01-07 14:25:32 UTC
No, that are two different problems
Comment 4 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-07-07 01:59:19 UTC
Reopening.
Comment 6 7335520f 2010-08-20 05:46:27 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> Fixed in 1.7.0.
> 
> https://svn.collab.net/viewvc/svn?view=revision&revision=38357
> https://svn.collab.net/viewvc/svn?view=revision&revision=38359
> https://svn.collab.net/viewvc/svn?view=revision&revision=38360
> 

Any way to get an ebuild for this?  I don't see it in portage ?
Comment 7 Michael Haubenwallner (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-01-12 09:27:38 UTC
Any chance to get this fix into the tree?

It does hit me in Prefix on AIX, where undefined symbols are subtle different compared to ELF.
Comment 8 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-01-12 12:16:27 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> https://svn.collab.net/viewvc/svn?view=revision&revision=38357
> https://svn.collab.net/viewvc/svn?view=revision&revision=38359
> https://svn.collab.net/viewvc/svn?view=revision&revision=38360

https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=878431
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=878433
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=878434

(In reply to comment #7)
> Any chance to get this fix into the tree?

Does applying change from r878434 and running ./autogen.sh fixes your problem?
If yes, then request backporting of this change on dev@subversion.apache.org mailing list.