diff -r c61d96e72e6f -r d0b7dac5325c thirdparty/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/dev_appserver_main.py
--- a/thirdparty/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/dev_appserver_main.py	Mon Jun 08 22:34:05 2009 +0200
+++ b/thirdparty/google_appengine/google/appengine/tools/dev_appserver_main.py	Fri Jun 19 16:13:32 2009 +0200
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@
   allow_skipped_files = option_dict[ARG_ALLOW_SKIPPED_FILES]
   static_caching = option_dict[ARG_STATIC_CACHING]
 
+  option_dict['root_path'] = os.path.realpath(root_path)
+
   logging.basicConfig(
     level=log_level,
     format='%(levelname)-8s %(asctime)s %(filename)s:%(lineno)s] %(message)s')