--- old/common/autoconf/basics.m4	2013-05-28 16:22:50.000000000 +0200
+++ new/common/autoconf/basics.m4	2013-05-28 16:22:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 # Where is the source? It is located two levels above the configure script.
 CURDIR="$PWD"
 cd "$AUTOCONF_DIR/../.."
-SRC_ROOT="`$THEPWDCMD`"
+SRC_ROOT="`$THEPWDCMD -L`"
 
 if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = "xwindows"; then
   PATH_SEP=";"
@@ -371,13 +371,9 @@
         [ CONF_NAME=${with_conf_name} ])
 
 # Test from where we are running configure, in or outside of src root.
-# To enable comparison of directories, CURDIR needs to be symlink free
-# just like SRC_ROOT already is
-NOSYM_CURDIR="$CURDIR"
-BASIC_REMOVE_SYMBOLIC_LINKS(NOSYM_CURDIR)
-if test "x$NOSYM_CURDIR" = "x$SRC_ROOT" || test "x$NOSYM_CURDIR" = "x$SRC_ROOT/common" \
-        || test "x$NOSYM_CURDIR" = "x$SRC_ROOT/common/autoconf" \
-        || test "x$NOSYM_CURDIR" = "x$SRC_ROOT/common/makefiles" ; then
+if test "x$CURDIR" = "x$SRC_ROOT" || test "x$CURDIR" = "x$SRC_ROOT/common" \
+        || test "x$CURDIR" = "x$SRC_ROOT/common/autoconf" \
+        || test "x$CURDIR" = "x$SRC_ROOT/common/makefiles" ; then
     # We are running configure from the src root.
     # Create a default ./build/target-variant-debuglevel output root.
     if test "x${CONF_NAME}" = x; then