diff --git a/e2fsprogs.changes b/e2fsprogs.changes
index 1022ac2..08e0ad3 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.changes
+++ b/e2fsprogs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 22 17:16:53 CET 2007 - mkoenig@suse.de
+
+- don't chmod -w headers in compile_et to avoid build 
+  problems with some packages
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 19 12:10:56 CET 2007 - mkoenig@suse.de
 
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.spec b/e2fsprogs.spec
index 7eb396a..5b42b03 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.spec
+++ b/e2fsprogs.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Obsoletes:      ext2fs
 PreReq:         %install_info_prereq
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Version:        1.39+1.40_WIP_20061114
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Summary:        Utilities for the Second Extended File System
 URL:            http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Patch30:        libcom_err-no-static-buffer.patch
 Patch31:        libcom_err-no-init_error_table.patch
 Patch32:        libcom_err-no-e2fsck.static.patch
 Patch33:        libcom_err-mutex.patch
+Patch34:        libcom_err-compile_et_permissions.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch31 -p1 
 %patch32 -p1
 %patch33 -p1
+%patch34 -p1
 
 %build
 %{?suse_update_config:%{suse_update_config -f}}
@@ -240,6 +242,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %postun -n libcom_err -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog -n e2fsprogs
+* Mon Jan 22 2007 - mkoenig@suse.de
+- don't chmod -w headers in compile_et to avoid build
+  problems with some packages
 * Fri Jan 19 2007 - mkoenig@suse.de
 - update to version 1.40-WIP-1114 (FATE#301897)
   * support for ext4
diff --git a/libcom_err-compile_et_permissions.patch b/libcom_err-compile_et_permissions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed749ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcom_err-compile_et_permissions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: e2fsprogs-1.39+1.40_WIP_20061114/lib/et/compile_et.sh.in
+===================================================================
+--- e2fsprogs-1.39+1.40_WIP_20061114.orig/lib/et/compile_et.sh.in
++++ e2fsprogs-1.39+1.40_WIP_20061114/lib/et/compile_et.sh.in
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if test -f ${BASE}.h && cmp -s ${BASE}.h
+     rm -f ${BASE}.h.$$
+ else
+     mv -f ${BASE}.h.$$ ${BASE}.h
+-    chmod -w ${BASE}.h
++#    chmod -w ${BASE}.h
+ fi
+ $AWK -f "${DIR}/et_c.awk" "outfile=${BASE}.c.$$" "outfn=${BASE}.c" "$ROOT.et"
+ if test -f ${BASE}.c && cmp -s ${BASE}.c.$$ ${BASE}.c ; then