Reverts fdca07 and makes it possible to force absolute paths.

build/config/sysroot.gni

 # Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # This header file defines the "sysroot" variable which is the absolute path
 # of the sysroot. If no sysroot applies, the variable will be an empty string.
 
 import("//build/config/chrome_build.gni")
 
 declare_args() {
   # The absolute path of the sysroot that is applied when compiling using
   # the target toolchain.
   target_sysroot = ""
   use_sysroot = true
 }
 
 if (current_toolchain == default_toolchain && target_sysroot != "") {
   sysroot = target_sysroot
 } else if (is_android) {
   import("//build/config/android/config.gni")
   if (current_cpu == "x86") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("$android_ndk_root/$x86_android_sysroot_subdir")
+    sysroot = "$android_ndk_root/$x86_android_sysroot_subdir"
   } else if (current_cpu == "arm") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("$android_ndk_root/$arm_android_sysroot_subdir")
+    sysroot = "$android_ndk_root/$arm_android_sysroot_subdir"
   } else if (current_cpu == "mipsel") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("$android_ndk_root/$mips_android_sysroot_subdir")
+    sysroot = "$android_ndk_root/$mips_android_sysroot_subdir"
   } else if (current_cpu == "x64") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("$android_ndk_root/$x86_64_android_sysroot_subdir")
+    sysroot = "$android_ndk_root/$x86_64_android_sysroot_subdir"
   } else if (current_cpu == "arm64") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("$android_ndk_root/$arm64_android_sysroot_subdir")
+    sysroot = "$android_ndk_root/$arm64_android_sysroot_subdir"
   } else if (current_cpu == "mips64") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("$android_ndk_root/$mips64_android_sysroot_subdir")
+    sysroot = "$android_ndk_root/$mips64_android_sysroot_subdir"
   } else {
     sysroot = ""
   }
 } else if (is_linux && !is_chromeos && use_sysroot) {
   # By default build against a sysroot image downloaded from Cloud Storage
   # during gclient runhooks.
   if (current_cpu == "x64") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("//build/linux/debian_wheezy_amd64-sysroot")
+    sysroot = "//build/linux/debian_wheezy_amd64-sysroot"
   } else if (current_cpu == "x86") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("//build/linux/debian_wheezy_i386-sysroot")
+    sysroot = "//build/linux/debian_wheezy_i386-sysroot"
   } else if (current_cpu == "mipsel") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("//build/linux/debian_wheezy_mips-sysroot")
+    sysroot = "//build/linux/debian_wheezy_mips-sysroot"
   } else if (current_cpu == "arm") {
-    sysroot = rebase_path("//build/linux/debian_wheezy_arm-sysroot")
+    sysroot = "//build/linux/debian_wheezy_arm-sysroot"
   } else {
     # Any other builds don't use a sysroot.
     sysroot = ""
   }
 
   if (sysroot != "") {
     # Our sysroot images only contains gcc 4.6 headers, but chromium requires
     # gcc 4.9. Clang is able to detect and work with the 4.6 headers while
     # gcc is not. This check can be removed if we ever update to a more modern
     # sysroot.
     assert(is_clang, "sysroot images require clang (try use_sysroot=false)")
 
     _script_arch = current_cpu
     if (_script_arch == "x86") {
       _script_arch = "i386"
     } else if (_script_arch == "x64") {
       _script_arch = "amd64"
     }
     assert(
-        exec_script("//build/dir_exists.py", [ sysroot ], "string") == "True",
+        exec_script("//build/dir_exists.py",
+                    [ rebase_path(sysroot) ],
+                    "string") == "True",
         "Missing sysroot ($sysroot). To fix, run: build/linux/sysroot_scripts/install-sysroot.py --arch=$_script_arch")
   }
 } else if (is_mac) {
   import("//build/config/mac/mac_sdk.gni")
   sysroot = mac_sdk_path
 } else if (is_ios) {
   import("//build/config/ios/ios_sdk.gni")
   sysroot = ios_sdk_path
 } else {
   sysroot = ""
 }