diff --git a/legacy/evil/ChangeLog b/legacy/evil/ChangeLog
index 2cd00ac3d4..95854f61a1 100644
--- a/legacy/evil/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/evil/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2008-03-23  Vincent Torri  <doursse at users dot sf dot net>
+
+	* src/lib/Evil.h:
+	add POSIX definitions
+
+	* src/lib/evil.c:
+	make realpath available with cegcc. The function
+	just copy the file name to the resolved name with
+	that compiler
+
 2008-03-13  Vincent Torri  <doursse at users dot sf dot net>
 
 	* INSTALL:
diff --git a/legacy/evil/src/lib/Evil.h b/legacy/evil/src/lib/Evil.h
index daff8be48f..932fd3febb 100644
--- a/legacy/evil/src/lib/Evil.h
+++ b/legacy/evil/src/lib/Evil.h
@@ -282,6 +282,29 @@ EAPI int pipe(int *fds);
 #if defined(__MSDOS__) || defined(__EMX__) || \
    (defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_UWIN) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(__CEGCC__))
 # if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+
+struct stat
+{
+	_dev_t	st_dev;		/* Equivalent to drive number 0=A 1=B ... */
+	_ino_t	st_ino;		/* Always zero ? */
+	_mode_t	st_mode;	/* See above constants */
+	short	st_nlink;	/* Number of links. */
+	short	st_uid;		/* User: Maybe significant on NT ? */
+	short	st_gid;		/* Group: Ditto */
+	_dev_t	st_rdev;	/* Seems useless (not even filled in) */
+	_off_t	st_size;	/* File size in bytes */
+	time_t	st_atime;	/* Accessed date (always 00:00 hrs local
+				 * on FAT) */
+	time_t	st_mtime;	/* Modified time */
+	time_t	st_ctime;	/* Creation time */
+};
+
+#  define S_ISDIR(m) (((m) & _S_IFMT) == _S_IFDIR)
+#  define S_ISREG(m) (((m) & _S_IFMT) == _S_IFREG)
+
+#  define S_IRUSR _S_IRUSR
+#  define S_IWUSR _S_IWUSR
+#  define S_IXUSR _S_IXUSR
 #  define S_IRGRP S_IRUSR
 #  define S_IROTH S_IRUSR
 #  define S_IWGRP S_IWUSR
@@ -294,11 +317,10 @@ EAPI int pipe(int *fds);
 #  define write(fd,buffer,count) _write((fd),(buffer),(count))
 #  define unlink(filename) _unlink((filename))
 #  define mkdir(p,m) _mkdir(p)
+
 # endif
 #endif
 
-
-#if ! ( defined(__CEGCC__) || defined(__MINGW32CE__) )
 /**
  * @brief Return an absolute or full path name for a specified relative path name.
  *
@@ -325,9 +347,6 @@ EAPI int pipe(int *fds);
  */
 EAPI char *realpath(const char *file_name, char *resolved_name);
 
-#endif /* ! __CEGCC__  && ! __MINGW32CE__ */
-
-
 /**
  * @brief Initiates the use of Windows sockets.
  *
diff --git a/legacy/evil/src/lib/evil.c b/legacy/evil/src/lib/evil.c
index 26362c454c..8f2bb8ed9c 100644
--- a/legacy/evil/src/lib/evil.c
+++ b/legacy/evil/src/lib/evil.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
    if (FAILED(pISL->lpVtbl->QueryInterface(pISL, &IID_IPersistFile, (void **)persit_file)))
      goto no_queryinterface;
 
+   /* FIXME: is it for cegcc ??? */
    mbstowcs(new_path, newpath, MB_CUR_MAX);
    if (FAILED(pIPF->lpVtbl->Save(pIPF, new_path, FALSE)))
      goto no_save;
@@ -345,13 +346,23 @@ pipe(int *fds)
 
 #endif /* ! __CEGCC__ */
 
-#if ! ( defined(__CEGCC__) || defined(__MINGW32CE__) )
 char *
 realpath(const char *file_name, char *resolved_name)
 {
-  return _fullpath(resolved_name, file_name, PATH_MAX);
+#if ! ( defined(__CEGCC__) || defined(__MINGW32CE__) )
+   return _fullpath(resolved_name, file_name, PATH_MAX);
+#else
+   int length;
+
+   length = strlen(file_name);
+   if ((length + 1) > PATH_MAX)
+     length = PATH_MAX - 1;
+   memcpy(resolved_name, file_name, length);
+   resolved_name[length] = '\0';
+
+   return resolved_name;
+#endif /* __CEGCC__ || __MINGW32CE__ */
 }
-#endif /* ! __CEGCC__  && ! __MINGW32CE__ */
 
 int
 evil_sockets_init(void)