diff -r 03e60e87d92a -r c31e9dc1fe3d common/autoconf/basics.m4
--- a/common/autoconf/basics.m4	Wed May 29 14:01:04 2013 +0200
+++ b/common/autoconf/basics.m4	Fri May 31 14:07:42 2013 +0200
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       AC_MSG_ERROR([The path of $1, which resolves as "$path", is not found.])
     fi
 
-    $1="`cd "$path"; $THEPWDCMD`" 
+    $1="`cd "$path"; $THEPWDCMD -L`" 
   fi
 ])
 
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@
             COUNTER=0
             sym_link_dir=`$DIRNAME [$]$1`
             sym_link_file=`$BASENAME [$]$1`
-            # Use the system pwd and not the shell builtin to resolve directory symlinks
             cd $sym_link_dir
-            cd `$THEPWDCMD`
-            sym_link_dir=`$THEPWDCMD`
+            # Use -P flag to resolve symlinks in directories.
+            cd `$THEPWDCMD -P`
+            sym_link_dir=`$THEPWDCMD -P`
             # Resolve file symlinks
             while test $COUNTER -lt 20; do
                 ISLINK=`$LS -l $sym_link_dir/$sym_link_file | $GREP '\->' | $SED -e 's/.*-> \(.*\)/\1/'`
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
                 # Again resolve directory symlinks since the target of the just found
                 # link could be in a different directory
                 cd `$DIRNAME $ISLINK`
-                sym_link_dir=`$THEPWDCMD`
+                sym_link_dir=`$THEPWDCMD -P`
                 sym_link_file=`$BASENAME $ISLINK`
                 let COUNTER=COUNTER+1
             done
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@
 BASIC_REQUIRE_PROG(MKTEMP, mktemp)
 BASIC_REQUIRE_PROG(MV, mv)
 BASIC_REQUIRE_PROG(PRINTF, printf)
-BASIC_REQUIRE_PROG(THEPWDCMD, pwd)
 BASIC_REQUIRE_PROG(RM, rm)
 BASIC_REQUIRE_PROG(SH, sh)
 BASIC_REQUIRE_PROG(SORT, sort)
@@ -297,6 +296,10 @@
 # Always force rm.
 RM="$RM -f"
 
+# pwd behaves differently on various platforms and some don't support the -L flag.
+# Always use the bash builtin pwd to get uniform behavior.
+THEPWDCMD=pwd
+
 # These are not required on all platforms
 AC_PATH_PROG(CYGPATH, cygpath)
 AC_PATH_PROG(READLINK, readlink)
@@ -309,13 +312,12 @@
 [
 # Locate the directory of this script.
 SCRIPT="[$]0"
-BASIC_REMOVE_SYMBOLIC_LINKS(SCRIPT)
-AUTOCONF_DIR=`cd \`$DIRNAME $SCRIPT\`; $THEPWDCMD`
+AUTOCONF_DIR=`cd \`$DIRNAME $SCRIPT\`; $THEPWDCMD -L`
 
 # 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$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = "xwindows"; then
   PATH_SEP=";"
@@ -374,13 +376,9 @@
         [ CONF_NAME=${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