diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
index 0b1aa2186..a00286cb8 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/Project.java
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ public class Project {
 
     public void setBaseDir(File baseDir) {
         this.baseDir = baseDir;
+	setProperty( "basedir", baseDir.getAbsolutePath());
         String msg = "Project base dir set to: " + baseDir;
         log(msg, MSG_INFO);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Deltree.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Deltree.java
index 63df48085..03cb33f67 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Deltree.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Deltree.java
@@ -96,19 +96,21 @@ public class Deltree extends Task {
         // check to make sure that the given dir isn't a symlink
         // the comparison of absolute path and canonical path
         // catches this
-        
-        if (dir.getCanonicalPath().equals(dir.getAbsolutePath())) {
-            String[] list = dir.list();
-            for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
-                String s = list[i];
-                File f = new File(dir, s);
-                if (f.isDirectory()) {
-                    removeDir(f);
-                } else {
-                    f.delete();
-                }
-            }
-        }
+	
+	//        if (dir.getCanonicalPath().equals(dir.getAbsolutePath())) {
+	// (costin) It will not work if /home/costin is symlink to /da0/home/costin ( taz
+	// for example )
+	String[] list = dir.list();
+	for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+	    String s = list[i];
+	    File f = new File(dir, s);
+	    if (f.isDirectory()) {
+		removeDir(f);
+	    } else {
+		f.delete();
+	    }
+	}
+	    //        }
         dir.delete();
     }
 }