Index: configure.in
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RCS file: /sources/lilypond/lilypond/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.194
diff -u -r1.194 configure.in
--- configure.in	24 May 2006 09:11:18 -0000	1.194
+++ configure.in	5 Jun 2006 21:19:05 -0000
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 # must come before any header checks
 STEPMAKE_COMPILE
 
+# os.path.realpath() requires python 2.2 and unix
+STEPMAKE_PYTHON(REQUIRED, 2.2)
 AC_CHECK_PROG(FCMATCH, fc-match, fc-match)
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([New Century Schoolbook PFB files])
 AC_SUBST(NCSB_SOURCE_FILES)
@@ -71,7 +73,13 @@
       NCSB_FILE=`$FCMATCH --verbose "Century Schoolbook L:style=$style" | grep 'file:'`
 
       NCSB_FILE=`echo $NCSB_FILE | sed 's/^.*"\(.*\)".*$/\1/g'`
-      NCSB_FILE=`readlink -f $NCSB_FILE`
+      # resolv symbolic links
+      changequote(<<<, >>>)#dnl
+      NCSB_FILE=`cat <<EOF | $PYTHON - $NCSB_FILE
+import os.path, sys
+print os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1])
+EOF`
+      changequote([, ])#dnl
       NCSB_SOURCE_FILES="$NCSB_FILE $NCSB_SOURCE_FILES"
     done
   else