message(FATAL_ERROR "-- SimGrid cannot be compiled without Perl installed -- sorry. Bailling out.")
endif(NOT PERL_EXECUTABLE)
-if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+set(DIR_IS_LINK false)
+
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND DIR_IS_LINK)
exec_program("${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E chdir \"${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}\" pwd -P" OUTPUT_VARIABLE TRUE_CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY)
if(${TRUE_CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY})
else(${TRUE_CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY})
message(STATUS "Change link path '${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}' to true path '${TRUE_CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}'")
set(CMAKE_BINARY_DIR "${TRUE_CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" CACHE TYPE INTERNAL FORCE)
endif(${TRUE_CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
-endif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+endif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND DIR_IS_LINK)
### Set some variables for Cmake
SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)