1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/settings/FscSettings.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/settings/FscSettings.scala
index 06ebc20d3e..5c852ae07c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/settings/FscSettings.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/settings/FscSettings.scala
@@ -38,14 +38,25 @@ class FscSettings(error: String => Unit) extends Settings(error) {
   private def holdsPath = Set[Settings#Setting](
     d, dependencyfile, pluginsDir, Ygenjavap
   )
+  
+  override def processArguments(arguments: List[String], processAll: Boolean): (Boolean, List[String]) = {
+    val (r, args) = super.processArguments(arguments, processAll)
+    // we need to ensure the files specified with relative locations are absolutized based on the currentDir
+    (r, args map {a => absolutizePath(a)})
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Take an individual path and if it's not absolute turns it into an absolute path based on currentDir.
+   * If it's already absolute then it's left alone.
+   */
+  private[this] def absolutizePath(p: String) = (Path(currentDir.value) resolve Path(p)).normalize.path
 
-  /** All user set settings rewritten with absolute paths. */
-  def absolutize(root: Path) {
-    def rewrite(p: String) = (root resolve Path(p)).normalize.path
+  /** All user set settings rewritten with absolute paths based on currentDir */
+  def absolutize() {
     userSetSettings foreach {
-      case p: OutputSetting => p.outputDirs setSingleOutput AbstractFile.getDirectory(rewrite(p.value))
-      case p: PathSetting   => p.value = ClassPath.map(p.value, rewrite)
-      case p: StringSetting => if (holdsPath(p)) p.value = rewrite(p.value)
+      case p: OutputSetting => p.outputDirs setSingleOutput AbstractFile.getDirectory(absolutizePath(p.value))
+      case p: PathSetting   => p.value = ClassPath.map(p.value, absolutizePath)
+      case p: StringSetting => if (holdsPath(p)) p.value = absolutizePath(p.value)
       case _                => ()
     }
   }