--- /dev/null
+#!perl -w
+
+print "1..6\n";
+
+use URI::URL qw(url);
+
+# Test configuration via some global variables.
+
+$URI::URL::ABS_REMOTE_LEADING_DOTS = 1;
+$URI::URL::ABS_ALLOW_RELATIVE_SCHEME = 1;
+
+$u1 = url("../../../../abc", "http://web/a/b");
+
+print "not " unless $u1->abs->as_string eq "http://web/abc";
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+{
+ local $URI::URL::ABS_REMOTE_LEADING_DOTS;
+ print "not " unless $u1->abs->as_string eq "http://web/../../../abc";
+ print "ok 2\n";
+}
+
+
+$u1 = url("http:../../../../abc", "http://web/a/b");
+print "not " unless $u1->abs->as_string eq "http://web/abc";
+print "ok 3\n";
+
+{
+ local $URI::URL::ABS_ALLOW_RELATIVE_SCHEME;
+ print "not " unless $u1->abs->as_string eq "http:../../../../abc";
+ print "ok 4\n";
+ print "not " unless $u1->abs(undef,1)->as_string eq "http://web/abc";
+ print "ok 5\n";
+}
+
+print "not " unless $u1->abs(undef,0)->as_string eq "http:../../../../abc";
+print "ok 6\n";