Index: ChangeLog
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RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.1972
diff -u -r1.1972 ChangeLog
--- ChangeLog	23 Jul 2002 22:16:36 -0000	1.1972
+++ ChangeLog	25 Jul 2002 13:18:25 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-07-24  Mark D. Roth  <address@hidden>
+
+	* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCPATHS): Try undocumented
+	"cd -P" option to avoid broken ksh behavior when $PWD
+	involves a symlink.
+
 2002-07-23  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
 
 	* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_PATH_SEPARATOR_PREPARE):
Index: lib/autoconf/status.m4
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RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/lib/autoconf/status.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -r1.29 status.m4
--- lib/autoconf/status.m4	18 Jul 2002 11:57:32 -0000	1.29
+++ lib/autoconf/status.m4	25 Jul 2002 13:18:28 -0000
@@ -164,8 +164,16 @@
 # absolute.
 ac_abs_builddir=`cd $1 && cd $ac_builddir && pwd`
 ac_abs_top_builddir=`cd $1 && cd ${ac_top_builddir}. && pwd`
-ac_abs_srcdir=`cd $1 && cd $ac_srcdir && pwd`
-ac_abs_top_srcdir=`cd $1 && cd $ac_top_srcdir && pwd`
+# Try undocumented "cd -P" option to avoid broken ksh behavior when $PWD
+# involves a symlink.
+ac_abs_srcdir=`cd $1 && cd -P $ac_srcdir 2>/dev/null && pwd`
+if test $? -ne 0; then
+  ac_abs_srcdir=`cd $1 && cd $ac_srcdir && pwd`
+fi
+ac_abs_top_srcdir=`cd $1 && cd -P $ac_top_srcdir 2>/dev/null && pwd`
+if test $? -ne 0; then
+  ac_abs_top_srcdir=`cd $1 && cd $ac_top_srcdir && pwd`
+fi
 ])# _AC_SRCPATHS