fails to build from source: mysql-dfsg-5.1 on sparc

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  akonadi-server: Depends: mysql-server-core-5.1 (>= 5.1.41-3ubuntu11) but it is not going to be installed
                  Depends: mysql-client-core-5.1 (>= 5.1.41-3ubuntu12) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

prevents building the recent KDE

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/5.1.41-3ubuntu12/+build/1690099

make[4]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/mysql-dfsg-5.1-5.1.41/builddir/extra'
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../extra -I../include -I../include -I../../include -I../../sql -O3 -DBIG_JOINS=1 -fno-strict-aliasing -DUNIV_LINUX -DUNIV_LINUX -MT replace.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/replace.Tpo -c -o replace.o ../../extra/replace.c
mv -f .deps/replace.Tpo .deps/replace.Po
/bin/bash ../libtool --preserve-dup-deps --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -O3 -DBIG_JOINS=1 -fno-strict-aliasing -DUNIV_LINUX -DUNIV_LINUX -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -rdynamic -o replace replace.o ../mysys/libmysys.a ../dbug/libdbug.a ../strings/libmystrings.a -lz -lpthread -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread
libtool: link: gcc -O3 -DBIG_JOINS=1 -fno-strict-aliasing -DUNIV_LINUX -DUNIV_LINUX -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -rdynamic -o replace replace.o ../mysys/libmysys.a ../dbug/libdbug.a ../strings/libmystrings.a -lz -lpthread -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lpthread
../mysys/libmysys.a(mf_pack.o): In function `pack_dirname':
mf_pack.c:(.text+0x798): undefined reference to `strmov_overlapp'
mf_pack.c:(.text+0x7b0): undefined reference to `strmov_overlapp'
mf_pack.c:(.text+0x7c8): undefined reference to `strmov_overlapp'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [replace] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/mysql-dfsg-5.1-5.1.41/builddir/extra'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1