configure warning / sys/un.h: present but cannot be compiled

[dcd]

BPO	881765
Nosy	@birkenfeld

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closed_at = <Date 2007-08-23.20:20:32.185>
created_at = <Date 2004-01-21.22:25:33.000>
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title = 'configure warning / sys/un.h: present but cannot be compiled'
updated_at = <Date 2007-08-23.20:20:32.184>
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[dcd]

Got this warning after running make autoconf ;
./configure (GNU Autoconf) 2.59

configure: WARNING: sys/un.h: present but cannot be
compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/un.h: check for missing
prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/un.h: see the Autoconf
documentation
configure: WARNING: sys/un.h: section "Present But
Cannot Be Compiled"
configure: WARNING: sys/un.h: proceeding with the
preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: sys/un.h: in the future, the
compiler will take precedence
configure: WARNING: ##
--------------------------------- ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the python
lists. ##
configure: WARNING: ##
--------------------------------- ##

[birkenfeld]

No followup for 3 years, so this can probably be closed.