Index: ./build/gen_base.py
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--- ./build/gen_base.py
+++ ./build/gen_base.py	Mon Apr 22 13:49:29 2002
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@
           print 'ERROR: unknown file extension on', src
           errors = 1
 
-      retreat = _retreat_dots(path)
       libs = [ ]
       deps = [ ]
       for lib in string.split(self.parser.get(target, 'libs')):
@@ -143,8 +142,7 @@
           deps.append(tlib.output)
 
           # link in the library by simply referring to the .la file
-          ### hmm. use join() for retreat + ... ?
-          libs.append(retreat + os.path.join(tlib.path, lib + '.la'))
+          libs.append(os.path.join('$(abs_builddir)', tlib.path, lib + '.la'))
         else:
           # something we don't know, so just include it directly
           libs.append(lib)
@@ -462,11 +460,6 @@
       continue
     result.extend(files)
   return result, errors
-
-def _retreat_dots(path):
-  "Given a relative directory, return ../ paths to retreat to the origin."
-  parts = string.split(path, os.sep)
-  return (os.pardir + os.sep) * len(parts)
 
 def _find_includes(fname, include_deps):
   hdrs = _scan_for_includes(fname, include_deps.keys())