--- samba-4.5.1/source4/heimdal_build/wscript_configure	2016-08-11 08:51:05.000000000 +0100
+++ wscript_configure	2016-12-04 10:51:54.250000000 +0000
@@ -258,7 +258,11 @@
 
 # With the proper checks in place we should be able to build against the system libtommath.
 #if conf.CHECK_BUNDLED_SYSTEM('tommath', checkfunctions='mp_init', headers='tommath.h'):
 #    conf.define('USING_SYSTEM_TOMMATH', 1)
 
-check_system_heimdal_binary("compile_et")
-check_system_heimdal_binary("asn1_compile")
+# comment out next line to stop Gentoo Samba build from using the compile_et in e2fsprogs-libs
+# to compile the error tables. This produces a compile error later on.
+#check_system_heimdal_binary("compile_et")
+#
+# As a precaution do the same for asn1_compile
+#check_system_heimdal_binary("asn1_compile")