Use pwd -P to work on systemlinked locations.
allow to build jruby distribution with default 1.8 compatibility
missed to configure the plugin repo as well
Merge pull request #1677 from ratnikov/fix-symlinks-test

Use pwd -P to work on systemlinked locations.
fall back to old tesla version [skip ci]
Revert "fall back to old tesla version [skip ci]"

This reverts commit 176ea268f09df96e4ebe51b026a029d668402ba1.