+# return the absolute path prepending builddir to it if needed
+makeabs()
+{
+ path=$1
+ # TODO: this only works under Unix and even there it could be
+ # enhanced to remove ".." and "."
+ if [ `echo $path | sed 's/^\(.\).*/\1/'` != "/" ]; then
+ if [ $path = "." ]; then
+ path=$builddir
+ else
+ path="$builddir/$path"
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ echo $path
+}
+