diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c2073d05644..95b0da466a9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.362 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.363 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53 for python 2.3.
 #
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ esac
 # Don't blindly perform a `cd "$ac_dir"/$ac_foo && pwd` since $ac_foo can be
 # absolute.
 ac_abs_builddir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd $ac_builddir && pwd`
-ac_abs_top_builddir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd $ac_top_builddir && pwd`
+ac_abs_top_builddir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd ${ac_top_builddir}. && pwd`
 ac_abs_srcdir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd $ac_srcdir && pwd`
 ac_abs_top_srcdir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd $ac_top_srcdir && pwd`
 
@@ -12832,13 +12832,13 @@ main ()
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
@@ -12861,7 +12861,7 @@ cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
 
 fi
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 
 # On OSF/1 V5.1, getaddrinfo is available, but a define
 # for [no]getaddrinfo in netdb.h.
@@ -17195,7 +17195,7 @@ esac
 # Don't blindly perform a `cd "$ac_dir"/$ac_foo && pwd` since $ac_foo can be
 # absolute.
 ac_abs_builddir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd $ac_builddir && pwd`
-ac_abs_top_builddir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd $ac_top_builddir && pwd`
+ac_abs_top_builddir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd ${ac_top_builddir}. && pwd`
 ac_abs_srcdir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd $ac_srcdir && pwd`
 ac_abs_top_srcdir=`cd "$ac_dir" && cd $ac_top_srcdir && pwd`
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index cd03c1d7736..e47ba1154ec 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gettimeofday,
 )
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for major, minor, and makedev)
-AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+AC_TRY_LINK([
   #if defined(MAJOR_IN_MKDEV)
   #include <sys/mkdev.h>
   #elif defined(MAJOR_IN_SYSMACROS)