diff --git a/alliance/share/etc/configure b/alliance/share/etc/configure
index eb7c834e..46e6c0e0 100755
--- a/alliance/share/etc/configure
+++ b/alliance/share/etc/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.14 
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.15 
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.13 
 # Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -3823,7 +3823,9 @@ rm -f conftest*
 echo $ac_n "checking where the Alliance package was installed""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:3825: checking where the Alliance package was installed" >&5
 # Avoid problems with soft links and builtin pwd...
-ALLIANCE_TOP=`$PWDBIN | sed 's,share/etc$,archi,'`
+ALLIANCE_TOP=`$PWDBIN | sed 's§share/etc$§archi§'`
+ALLIANCE_TOP=`echo $ALLIANCE_TOP | sed 's§archi/Cygwin/etc$§archi§'`
+
 export ALLIANCE_TOP
 echo "$ac_t""""" 1>&6
 
diff --git a/alliance/share/etc/configure.in b/alliance/share/etc/configure.in
index d823db73..a7db4825 100644
--- a/alliance/share/etc/configure.in
+++ b/alliance/share/etc/configure.in
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 #
 # Alliance CAD system configure.in 
 # (C) 1997 Czo  -- <Olivier.Sirol@lip6.fr>
-# $Id: configure.in,v 1.15 2000/09/11 17:23:43 czo Exp $
+# $Id: configure.in,v 1.16 2000/09/13 15:07:05 czo Exp $
 #
 
 
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.15 $)dnl
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.16 $)dnl
 
 AC_INIT(configure.in)
 
@@ -468,7 +468,9 @@ AC_SUBST(AUTO_HAS)
 ################################################################### Alliance ALLIANCE_TOP
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(where the Alliance package was installed)
 # Avoid problems with soft links and builtin pwd...
-ALLIANCE_TOP=`$PWDBIN | sed 's,share/etc$,archi,'`
+ALLIANCE_TOP=`$PWDBIN | sed 's§share/etc$§archi§'`
+ALLIANCE_TOP=`echo $ALLIANCE_TOP | sed 's§archi/Cygwin/etc$§archi§'`
+
 export ALLIANCE_TOP
 AC_MSG_RESULT("")
 AC_SUBST(ALLIANCE_TOP)