diff -ur dbus-glib-0.72/configure.ac dbus-glib-0.72-patched/configure.ac
--- dbus-glib-0.72/configure.ac	2006-10-25 15:53:55.000000000 -0500
+++ dbus-glib-0.72-patched/configure.ac	2006-11-15 14:15:09.000000000 -0600
@@ -431,42 +431,6 @@
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(execinfo.h, [AC_CHECK_FUNCS(backtrace)])
 
-AC_CACHE_CHECK([for posix getpwnam_r],
-		ac_cv_func_posix_getpwnam_r,
-		[AC_TRY_RUN([
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <pwd.h>
-int main () { 
-    char buffer[10000];
-    struct passwd pwd, *pwptr = &pwd;
-    int error;
-    errno = 0;
-    error = getpwnam_r ("", &pwd, buffer, 
-                        sizeof (buffer), &pwptr);
-   return (error < 0 && errno == ENOSYS) 
-	   || error == ENOSYS; 
-}               ],
-	[ac_cv_func_posix_getpwnam_r=yes],
-	[ac_cv_func_posix_getpwnam_r=no])])
-if test "$ac_cv_func_posix_getpwnam_r" = yes; then
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POSIX_GETPWNAM_R,1,
-		[Have POSIX function getpwnam_r])
-else
-	AC_CACHE_CHECK([for nonposix getpwnam_r],
-		ac_cv_func_nonposix_getpwnam_r,
-		[AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pwd.h>],
-                      	[char buffer[10000];
-                       	struct passwd pwd;
-                       	getpwnam_r ("", &pwd, buffer, 
-                               		sizeof (buffer));],
-			[ac_cv_func_nonposix_getpwnam_r=yes],
-			[ac_cv_func_nonposix_getpwnam_r=no])])
-		if test "$ac_cv_func_nonposix_getpwnam_r" = yes; then
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NONPOSIX_GETPWNAM_R,1,
-			[Have non-POSIX function getpwnam_r])
-	fi
-fi
-
 dnl check for socklen_t
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether socklen_t is defined)
 AC_TRY_COMPILE([
@@ -532,49 +496,6 @@
 
 #### Abstract sockets
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(abstract socket namespace)
-AC_LANG_PUSH(C)
-AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-[[
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.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/dbus-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_LANG_POP(C)
-AC_MSG_RESULT($have_abstract_sockets)
-
 if test x$enable_abstract_sockets = xyes; then
     if test x$have_abstract_sockets = xno; then
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([Abstract sockets explicitly required, and support not detected.])
diff -ur dbus-glib-0.72/dbus/Makefile.in dbus-glib-0.72-patched/dbus/Makefile.in
--- dbus-glib-0.72/dbus/Makefile.in	2006-10-25 16:14:31.000000000 -0500
+++ dbus-glib-0.72-patched/dbus/Makefile.in	2006-11-15 14:15:09.000000000 -0600
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
 target_cpu = @target_cpu@
 target_os = @target_os@
 target_vendor = @target_vendor@
-SUBDIRS = . examples
+SUBDIRS = .
 INCLUDES = \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)						\
 	-I$(top_builddir)					\
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
 	dbus-glib-tool.h			\
 	dbus-glib-tool.c
 
-dbus_binding_tool_LDADD = libdbus-gtool.la libdbus-glib-1.la $(DBUS_LIBS) $(DBUS_GLIB_LIBS) -lexpat
+dbus_binding_tool_LDADD = libdbus-gtool.la libdbus-glib-1.la $(DBUS_LIBS) $(DBUS_GLIB_LIBS) $(DBUS_BUS_LIBS)
 EXTRA_DIST = dbus-gmarshal.list make-dbus-glib-error-switch.sh make-dbus-glib-error-enum.sh
 @DBUS_BUILD_TESTS_TRUE@TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = DBUS_TEST_DATA=$(top_builddir)/test/data DBUS_TEST_HOMEDIR=$(top_builddir)/dbus
 
diff -ur dbus-glib-0.72/Makefile.in dbus-glib-0.72-patched/Makefile.in
--- dbus-glib-0.72/Makefile.in	2006-10-25 16:14:33.000000000 -0500
+++ dbus-glib-0.72-patched/Makefile.in	2006-11-15 14:15:28.000000000 -0600
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 target_os = @target_os@
 target_vendor = @target_vendor@
 GLIB_PC = dbus-glib-1.pc
-SUBDIRS = dbus tools test doc
+SUBDIRS = dbus
 DIST_SUBDIRS = dbus tools test doc m4
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = $(GLIB_PC)