While the ./configure for gnome-utils-2.2.2 was running I noticed this scroll by: --SNIP-- checking linux/fd.h presence... yes checking for linux/fd.h... yes checking for ext2fs_mkdir in -lext2fs... yes checking ext2fs/ext2_io.h usability... no checking ext2fs/ext2_io.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: ext2fs/ext2_io.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: ext2fs/ext2_io.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: ext2fs/ext2_io.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------ ## configure: WARNING: ## Report this to bug-autoconf@gnu.org. ## configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------ ## checking for ext2fs/ext2_io.h... yes configure: checking "location of ncurses.h file"... Found ncurses on /usr/include/ncurses.h checking for ncurses version... 5.3 checking for scrollkeeper-config... /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-config checking locale.h usability... yes --SNIP-- I'm running autoconf-2.57-r1, kernel 2.5.69-mm3 and /usr/src/linux is linked to /usr/src/linux-2.5.69-mm3 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
i believe that is normal because you're not supposed to include ext2_io.h directly . there is nothing to worry about because further up it already confirms that you have ext2 support and it works. the correct way is supposed to include <ext2fs/ext2fs.h> but i'll double check that with gnome anyway
*** Bug 21116 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
these sort of messages are usually due to some missing include during a test or similar. As long as they're not fatal it's nothing to worry about.
*** Bug 37435 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
