Juergen Sawinski:

package/base/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.conf

@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ fi
 
 # if you are brave, try without this and fix it...
 LD=$CC
+
+# somehow "make install" seems not to exectue install-libs, which
+# is needed to get the headers installed (and static libraries also)
+var_append makeinstopt ' ' "install-libs"