--- gcc-3.3.3/gcc/Makefile.in	2004-01-28 20:42:13.000000000 -0800
+++ gcc-3.3.3.new/gcc/Makefile.in	2006-03-03 19:11:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@
 CROSS_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR = @CROSS_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR@
 
 # autoconf sets SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR to one of the above.
-SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR = @SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR@
+# Purge it of unneccessary internal relative paths
+# to directories that might not exist yet.
+# The sed idiom for this is to repeat the search-and-replace until it doesn't match, using :a ... ta.
+SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR = `echo @SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR@ | sed -e :a -e "s,[^/]*/\.\.\/,," -e ta`
 
 # Control whether to run fixproto and fixincludes.
 STMP_FIXPROTO = @STMP_FIXPROTO@
@@ -2374,11 +2377,13 @@
 	$(SHELL) ${srcdir}/mkinstalldirs $(gcc_tooldir)
 
 # Build fixed copies of system files.
+# Abort if no system headers available, unless building a crosscompiler.
+# FIXME: abort unless building --without-headers would be more accurate and less ugly
 stmp-fixinc: fixinc.sh gsyslimits.h
 	@if test ! -d ${SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR}; then \
 	  echo The directory that should contain system headers does not exist: >&2 ; \
 	  echo "  ${SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR}" >&2 ; \
-	  if test "x${SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR}" = "x${gcc_tooldir}/sys-include"; \
+	  if test "x${SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR}" = "x`echo "${gcc_tooldir}/sys-include" | sed -e :a -e "s,[^/]*/\.\.\/,," -e ta`"; \
 	  then sleep 1; else exit 1; fi; \
 	fi
 	rm -rf include; mkdir include