These macros are underquoted and break with recent autoconf+automake combinations. RP 1/2/10 Index: e2fsprogs-1.41.5/configure.in =================================================================== --- e2fsprogs-1.41.5.orig/configure.in 2010-02-01 11:40:10.547790252 +0000 +++ e2fsprogs-1.41.5/configure.in 2010-02-01 11:44:51.577876485 +0000 @@ -397,11 +397,11 @@ AC_MSG_ERROR([pkg-config not installed; please install it.]) fi - AC_CHECK_LIB(blkid, blkid_get_cache, + [AC_CHECK_LIB(blkid, blkid_get_cache, [LIBBLKID=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs blkid`; STATIC_LIBBLKID=`$PKG_CONFIG --static --libs blkid`], [AC_MSG_ERROR([external blkid library not found])], - [$LIBBLKID]) + [$LIBBLKID])] BLKID_CMT=# AC_MSG_RESULT([Disabling private blkid library]) else @@ -786,15 +786,15 @@ dnl SEM_INIT_LIB='' AC_CHECK_FUNC(sem_init, , - AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, sem_init, + [AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, sem_init, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SEM_INIT) SEM_INIT_LIB=-lpthread, - AC_CHECK_LIB(rt, sem_init, + [AC_CHECK_LIB(rt, sem_init, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SEM_INIT) SEM_INIT_LIB=-lrt, - AC_CHECK_LIB(posix4, sem_init, + [AC_CHECK_LIB(posix4, sem_init, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SEM_INIT) - SEM_INIT_LIB=-lposix4))))dnl + SEM_INIT_LIB=-lposix4)])])])dnl AC_SUBST(SEM_INIT_LIB) dnl dnl Check for unified diff