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-rw-r--r--configure.ac13
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9ae5783..54d3ec1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -326,15 +326,12 @@ dnl Check for libuuid
UUID_LIBS=""
AC_CHECK_LIB([uuid], [uuid_generate], [UUID_LIBS="-luuid"],
[AC_MSG_ERROR(dnl
-[GNU Parted requires libuuid - a part of the e2fsprogs package (but
-sometimes distributed separately in uuid-devel or similar)
+[GNU Parted requires libuuid - a part of the util-linux-ng package (but
+usually distributed separately in libuuid-devel, uuid-dev or similar)
This can probably be found on your distribution's CD or FTP site or at:
- http://web.mit.edu/tytso/www/linux/e2fsprogs.html
-Note: if you are using precompiled packages you will also need the development
-package as well (which may be called e2fsprogs-devel or something similar).
-If you compile e2fsprogs yourself then you need to do 'make install' and
-'make install-libs'.])]
-)
+ http://userweb.kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux-ng/
+Note: originally, libuuid was part of the e2fsprogs package. Later, it
+moved to util-linux-ng-2.16, and that package is now the preferred source.])])
AC_SUBST([UUID_LIBS])
dnl Check for libdevmapper