From the qtella-dev list:
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As far as I can tell gcc 3.2 doesn't have an implementation for
std::string::traits_type::eos() in the libstdc++ library. There is an
implementation for std::string::traits_type::eof() which you can change
the line in SHA1Storage.cpp to. This will allow the build to complete.
However, all is still not right with the world as I get the following
errors when I run qtella:

WARNING: KLocale: trying to look up "" in catalouge. Fix the program
WARNING: KLocale: trying to look up "" in catalouge. Fix the program
WARNING: KLocale: trying to look up "" in catalouge. Fix the program
fcntl: Bad file descriptor
fcntl: Bad file descriptor

I'll investigate the KLocale warnings, but since I'm not a KDE guru
results aren't assured. As for the fcntl errors... these will require
more intimate knowlegde of the codebase which I really don't have.
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HTH
Florian