Index: automake.in
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--- automake.in.orig	2012-04-21 16:38:05.000000000 +0200
+++ automake.in	2012-04-26 16:31:55.925021393 +0200
@@ -7709,12 +7709,14 @@ sub required_file_check_or_copy ($$$)
   my $fullfile = "$dir/$file";
   my $found_it = 0;
   my $dangling_sym = 0;
+  my $thisdir = dirname ($fullfile);
+  my $thisfile = basename ($fullfile);
 
   if (-l $fullfile && ! -f $fullfile)
     {
       $dangling_sym = 1;
     }
-  elsif (dir_has_case_matching_file ($dir, $file))
+  elsif (dir_has_case_matching_file ($thisdir, $thisfile))
     {
       $found_it = 1;
     }