Index: link.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/link/link.module,v
retrieving revision 1.25.2.3
diff -u -p -r1.25.2.3 link.module
--- link.module	18 Oct 2010 03:46:47 -0000	1.25.2.3
+++ link.module	26 Nov 2010 02:22:43 -0000
@@ -403,9 +403,32 @@ function _link_load($field, &$item) {
 }
 
 function _link_process(&$item, $delta = 0, $field, $entity) {
+  global $base_url, $base_secure_url, $base_insecure_url;
+
   // Trim whitespace from URL.
   $item['url'] = trim($item['url']);
 
+  // Store system paths.
+  // Work out the correct base_path to use based on the HTTPS settings.
+  if (variable_get('https', FALSE)) {
+    $base_url = $base_secure_url;
+  }
+  elseif (!empty($base_insecure_url) && $base_insecure_url != $base_url)
+    $base_url = $base_insecure_url;
+  }
+  // Strip the system $base_url and the base_path().
+  $raw_path = str_replace($base_url . base_path(), '', $item['url']);
+  $normal_path = drupal_get_normal_path($raw_url);
+  if ($item['url'] != $normal_path) {
+    $item['url'] = $normal_path;
+  }
+  else {
+    $normal_path = drupal_get_normal_path($item['url']);
+    if ($item['url'] != $normal_path) {
+      $item['url'] = $normal_path;
+    }
+  }
+
   // if no attributes are set then make sure $item['attributes'] is an empty array - this lets $field['attributes'] override it.
   if (empty($item['attributes'])) {
     $item['attributes'] = array();