Index: sapwood/configure.in
===================================================================
--- sapwood.orig/configure.in	2007-03-29 16:04:12.000000000 +0200
+++ sapwood/configure.in	2007-03-29 16:04:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -13,63 +13,6 @@
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 
-dnl abstract sockets namespace checks, from dbus
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(abstract-sockets,
-	      [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-abstract-sockets],
-			      [use abstract socket namespace (linux only)])],
-	      [enable_abstract_sockets=$enableval],
-	      [enable_abstract_sockets=auto])
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(abstract socket namespace)
-AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-[[
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-]],
-[[
-  int listen_fd;
-  struct sockaddr_un addr;
-
-  listen_fd = socket (PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-
-  if (listen_fd < 0)
-    {
-      fprintf (stderr, "socket() failed: %s\n", strerror (errno));
-      exit (1);
-    }
-
-  memset (&addr, '\0', sizeof (addr));
-  addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-  strcpy (addr.sun_path, "X/tmp/sapwood-fake-socket-path-used-in-configure-test");
-  addr.sun_path[0] = '\0'; /* this is what makes it abstract */
-
-  if (bind (listen_fd, (struct sockaddr*) &addr, SUN_LEN (&addr)) < 0)
-    {
-      fprintf (stderr, "Abstract socket namespace bind() failed: %s\n",
-               strerror (errno));
-      exit (1);
-    }
-  else
-    exit (0);
-]])],
-  [have_abstract_sockets=yes],
-  [have_abstract_sockets=no])
-AC_MSG_RESULT($have_abstract_sockets)
-
-if test x$enable_abstract_sockets = xyes; then
-  if test x$have_abstract_sockets = xno; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Abstract sockets explicitly required, and support not detected.])
-  fi
-fi
-
-if test x$enable_abstract_sockets = xno; then
-  have_abstract_sockets=no
-fi
-
 if test x$have_abstract_sockets = xyes; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ABSTRACT_SOCKETS,1,[Have abstract socket namespace])
 fi