When trying to build MariaDB on Debian/Lenny amd64 with hardening Options (hardening-wrapper + CFLAGS below) the linkage phase of most storage engines chokes on linkage phase due to double including of objects:

i.galic@panic ~ % uname -a
Linux panic 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 5 04:27:12 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
i.galic@panic ~/maria/mariadb-5.1.42 % echo $CFLAGS ; echo $CXXFLAGS
-mtune=core2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -O2 -fpic -fPIC
-mtune=core2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -O2 -fpic -fPIC
i.galic@panic ~/maria/mariadb-5.1.42 % gcc
/usr/bin/gcc-4.3.real -fstack-protector -fPIE -pie -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Wformat-security
gcc-4.3.real: no input files
1 i.galic@panic ~/maria/mariadb-5.1.42 % g++
/usr/bin/g++-4.3.real -fstack-protector -fPIE -pie -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Wformat-security
g++-4.3.real: no input files
i.galic@panic ~/maria/mariadb-5.1.42 % ld
/usr/bin/ld.real -z relro
/usr/bin/ld.real: no input files
i.galic@panic ~/maria/mariadb-5.1.42 % ./configure --prefix=/opt/bw
[/snip]
config.status: creating netware/Makefile
config.status: creating sql-bench/Makefile
config.status: creating include/mysql_version.h
config.status: creating plugin/Makefile
config.status: creating win/Makefile
config.status: creating include/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
/bin/rm: cannot remove `libtoolT': No such file or directory
config.status: executing default commands
config.status: executing my_config.h commands

You can find information about MariaDB at
http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/MariaDB

Remember to check the platform specific part of the reference manual for
hints about installing MariaDB on your platform. Also have a look at the
files in the Docs directory.

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Configuration summary for version 5.1.42-MariaDB

• Installation prefix: /opt/bw
• System type: unknown-linux-gnu
• Host CPU: x86_64
• C Compiler: gcc-4.3.real (Debian 4.3.2-1.1) 4.3.2
• C++ Compiler: g++-4.3.real (Debian 4.3.2-1.1) 4.3.2
• Debug enabled: no
• Community Features: yes

—
Thank you for choosing MariaDB!

./configure --prefix=/opt/bw 15.01s user 15.37s system 66% cpu 45.926 total
i.galic@panic ~/maria/mariadb-5.1.42 % make
<snip>
/bin/sh ../../libtool --preserve-dup-deps --tag=CXX --mode=link g++ -mtune=core2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -O2 -fpic -fPIC -fno-implicit-temp
lates -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -rdynamic -o ha_archive.la -module -rpath /opt/bw/lib/mysql/plugin ha_archive_la-ha_archive.lo ha_archive_l
a-azio.lo -lpthread -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread
libtool: link: g++ -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtbeginS.
o .libs/ha_archive_la-ha_archive.o .libs/ha_archive_la-azio.o -lpthread -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2
-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../.. -lstdc++
-lm -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtendS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../
../../../lib/crtn.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtbeginS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x8
6_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtendS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crtn.o -mtune=core2 -Wl,-soname -Wl,ha_archive.so.0 -o .libs/ha_archive.so.0.0.0
/usr/bin/g+-4.3.real -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Wformat-security -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtbeginS.o .libs/ha_archive_la-ha_archive.o .libs/ha_archive_la-azio.o -lpthread -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../.. -lstdc+ -lm -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtendS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crtn.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtbeginS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtendS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crtn.o -mtune=core2 -Wl,-soname -Wl,ha_archive.so.0 -o .libs/ha_archive.so.0.0.0
/usr/bin/ld.real -z relro --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_x86_64 --hash-style=both -shared -o .libs/ha_archive.so.0.0.0 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../.. -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../.. /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtbeginS.o .libs/ha_archive_la-ha_archive.o .libs/ha_archive_la-azio.o -lpthread -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtendS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crtn.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtbeginS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtendS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crtn.o -soname ha_archive.so.0
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crti.o: In function `_init':
/home/aurel32/glibc/glibc-2.7/build-tree/amd64-libc/csu/crti.S:25: multiple definition of `_init'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../lib/crti.o:/home/aurel32/glibc/glibc-2.7/build-tree/amd64-libc/csu/crti.S:25: first defined here
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtendS.o.dtors+0x0): multiple definition of `_DTOR_END_'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.2/crtendS.o.dtors+0x0): first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [ha_archive.la] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/i.galic/maria/mariadb-5.1.42/storage/archive'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/i.galic/maria/mariadb-5.1.42/storage'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make 98.05s user 22.24s system 89% cpu 2:14.47 total
2 i.galic@panic ~/maria/mariadb-5.1.42 %