--- freetype-2.3.6.orig/configure	2007-12-06 17:19:34.000000000 +0100
+++ freetype-2.3.6/configure	2010-09-30 13:43:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@
 abs_ft2_dir=`cd "$ft2_dir" && pwd`
 
 # build a dummy Makefile if we are not building in the source tree
+inode_src=`ls -id $abs_ft2_dir | cut -d " " -f 1 || echo -1`
+inode_dst=`ls -id $abs_curr_dir | cut -d " " -f 1 || echo -2`
 
-if test "$abs_curr_dir" != "$abs_ft2_dir"; then
-  mkdir reference
+if test $inode_src -ne $inode_dst; then
+  if [ ! -d reference ]; then mkdir reference; fi
   echo "Copying \`modules.cfg'"
   cp $abs_ft2_dir/modules.cfg $abs_curr_dir
   echo "Generating \`Makefile'"