--- gaim-0.77/ltmain.sh	2004-04-23 02:33:47.000000000 +0100
+++ gaim-patched/ltmain.sh	2004-05-16 17:11:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -913,14 +913,6 @@
 	  continue
 	  ;;
 	rpath | xrpath)
-	  # We need an absolute path.
-	  case $arg in
-	  [\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) ;;
-	  *)
-	    $echo "$modename: only absolute run-paths are allowed" 1>&2
-	    exit 1
-	    ;;
-	  esac
 	  if test "$prev" = rpath; then
 	    case "$rpath " in
 	    *" $arg "*) ;;
@@ -1027,18 +1019,6 @@
 
       -L*)
 	dir=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e 's/^-L//'`
-	# We need an absolute path.
-	case $dir in
-	[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) ;;
-	*)
-	  absdir=`cd "$dir" && pwd`
-	  if test -z "$absdir"; then
-	    $echo "$modename: cannot determine absolute directory name of \`$dir'" 1>&2
-	    exit 1
-	  fi
-	  dir="$absdir"
-	  ;;
-	esac
 	case "$deplibs " in
 	*" -L$dir "*) ;;
 	*)
@@ -1133,14 +1113,6 @@
 
       -R*)
 	dir=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e 's/^-R//'`
-	# We need an absolute path.
-	case $dir in
-	[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) ;;
-	*)
-	  $echo "$modename: only absolute run-paths are allowed" 1>&2
-	  exit 1
-	  ;;
-	esac
 	case "$xrpath " in
 	*" $dir "*) ;;
 	*) xrpath="$xrpath $dir" ;;
@@ -4192,21 +4164,6 @@
 	exit 1
       fi
     fi
-    case $destdir in
-    [\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) ;;
-    *)
-      for file in $files; do
-	case $file in
-	*.lo) ;;
-	*)
-	  $echo "$modename: \`$destdir' must be an absolute directory name" 1>&2
-	  $echo "$help" 1>&2
-	  exit 1
-	  ;;
-	esac
-      done
-      ;;
-    esac
 
     # This variable tells wrapper scripts just to set variables rather
     # than running their programs.