diff -ur -x Makefile.in -x aclocal.m4 -x configure -x autom4te.cache xindy.orig/make-rules/alphabets/make-rules.pl xindy/make-rules/alphabets/make-rules.pl
--- xindy.orig/make-rules/alphabets/make-rules.pl	2009-03-26 01:04:22.000000000 +0100
+++ xindy/make-rules/alphabets/make-rules.pl	2009-11-23 23:12:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 print TESTXDY "(use-rule-set :run 3\n";
 print TESTXDY "	      :rule-set (\"".$prefix."resolve-special\"))\n";
 close TESTXDY;
-system("cat test.xdy >> $ARGV[0]-test.xdy");
+$fn = "test.xdy"; $fn = "$INC[0]/$fn" if ! -f $fn && -f "$INC[0]/$fn"; die "$fn: $!" if ! -f $fn;
+system("cat $fn >> $ARGV[0]-test.xdy");
 
 $begin = 128;
 # $begin =  97 if ($script eq "cyrillic");