-for f in $(find $br -type l |grep "$br"); do
- ln -sfn $(echo $f | sed "s,^$br,,") $f
+# the canonical path of the build root
+brc=$(readlink -f $br)
+for f in $(find $br -type l); do
+ # some symlinks are relative, in which case we want to preserve them
+ # do *not* mention -f here as it would always return an absolute path
+ dest=$(readlink $f)
+ # relative symlinks have $dest not starting with a /
+ first_step=$(echo $dest | cut -d / -f1)
+ # absolute paths have a void first_step
+ if [ -z "$first_step" ] ; then
+ # destination is an absolute path, let's fix it
+ # call readlink with -f so all symlinmks are solved
+ # and so we can reliably substitute $brc that is also canonicalized
+ destc=$(readlink -f $f | sed -e "s,^$brc,,")
+ ln -sfn $destc $f
+ fi