-#
-# The native format for 'hardtop' (i.e., right kind of slashes on a Win32 box).
-# (but with b-slashes being escaped).
+dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl * Calculate absolute path to build tree
+dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for path to top of build tree)
+
+hardtop=`pwd`
+
+dnl Remove common automounter nonsense
+dnl
+hardtop=`echo $hardtop | sed 's|^/tmp_mnt.*\(/local/.*\)$|\1|' | sed 's|^/tmp_mnt/|/|' | sed 's|^//\(.\)/|\1:/|' `
+
+dnl Find 'hardtop_plat', the native format for 'hardtop' (i.e., right kind of \dnl slashes on a Win32 box, but with b-slashes being escaped).
+dnl