diff -r 6836b2f08479 Makefile.in
--- a/Makefile.in	Wed Jul 31 15:34:57 2019 -0400
+++ b/Makefile.in	Fri Aug 09 16:02:18 2019 +0200
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@
   ifeq ($(MXE_NATIVE_MINGW_BUILD),yes)
     # The installation directories have been created previously. So we
     # can rely on their existence to compute their Win32 equivalent.
-    HOST_PREFIX_NATIVE := $(shell cd $(HOST_PREFIX) && pwd -W)
-    ROOT_PREFIX_NATIVE := $(shell cd $(ROOT_PREFIX) && pwd -W)
+    HOST_PREFIX_NATIVE := $(shell cd $(HOST_PREFIX) && pwd -L)
+    ROOT_PREFIX_NATIVE := $(shell cd $(ROOT_PREFIX) && pwd -L)
     # CMake uses Win32 paths, not MSYS paths. When using a MSYS path as
     # DESTDIR, CMake translates it into a Win32 path and strip the
     # drive letter from it.
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
     cd '$(1)/..' && tar cvfz $($(PKG)_FILE) $($(PKG)_SUBDIR)
     cd '$(1)/..' && $(HOST_PREFIX)/local/octave-$(octave_VERSION)/bin/octave-cli.exe -H -f -q \
         --eval "more off;" \
-        --eval "pkg('prefix', '`cd "$(3)" && pwd -W`$(HOST_PREFIX)/local/octave-$(octave_VERSION)/share/octave/packages', '`cd "$(3)" && pwd -W`$(HOST_PREFIX)/local/octave-$(octave_VERSION)/lib/octave/packages');" \
+        --eval "pkg('prefix', '`cd "$(3)" && pwd -L`$(HOST_PREFIX)/local/octave-$(octave_VERSION)/share/octave/packages', '`cd "$(3)" && pwd -L`$(HOST_PREFIX)/local/octave-$(octave_VERSION)/lib/octave/packages');" \
 	--eval "pkg('install', '-verbose', '$($(PKG)_FILE)');"
 endef
 else