1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5bb7222..dfc1762 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ fi
 
 configsub=`echo ${progname} | sed 's/configure$/config.sub/'`
 moveifchange=`echo ${progname} | sed 's/configure$/move-if-change/'`
-topsrcdir=`cd \`dirname ${progname}\`; pwd`
+## the sed command below emulates the dirname command
+topsrcdir=`cd \`echo ${progname} | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'\`; pwd`
 
 
 # this is a hack.  sun4 must always be a valid host alias or this will fail.