Problem identified (the source tarball contained .o and .a files due to silliness in the TinyFugue build system. One small patch later and I've high hopes for the current build going through...

EDIT: ...and it's there in Extras-devel: http://maemo.org/packages/view/tf/ - if anyone is willing to risk it, testing would be appreciated before I open it up for wider testing in Extras-testing