Index: includes/common.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.476
diff -u -r1.476 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	31 Aug 2005 18:37:30 -0000	1.476
+++ includes/common.inc	8 Sep 2005 15:44:24 -0000
@@ -1591,7 +1591,12 @@
   if (isset($fragment)) {
     $fragment = '#'. $fragment;
   }
-
+  
+  // handle absolute URLs
+  if ($pos = strpos($path, '://')) {
+  	return $path . (isset($query) ? '&'. $query : '') . $fragment;
+  }
+  
   $base = ($absolute ? $base_url .'/' : '');
 
   if (variable_get('clean_url', '0') == '0') {
Index: includes/theme.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/theme.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.257
diff -u -r1.257 theme.inc
--- includes/theme.inc	6 Sep 2005 20:32:53 -0000	1.257
+++ includes/theme.inc	8 Sep 2005 15:44:25 -0000
@@ -320,19 +320,13 @@
 
       if ($settings['toggle_' . $type . '_links']) {
         for ($i =0; $i < $count; $i++) {
-          unset($attributes);
           if (!empty($value['text'][$i])) {
             if (!empty($value['description'][$i])) {
               $attributes['title'] = $value['description'][$i];
             }
             $text = $value['text'][$i];
             $link = $value['link'][$i];
-            if (substr($link, 0, 7) == 'http://') {
-              $settings[$type .'_links'][] = '<a href="'. check_url($link) .'"'. drupal_attributes($attributes) .'>'. check_plain($text) .'</a>';
-            }
-            else {
-              $settings[$type .'_links'][] = l($text, $link, $attributes);
-            }
+            $settings[$type .'_links'][] = l($text, $link, $attributes);
           }
         }
         if ($settings[$type .'_links'] == array()) {