TYPO3 Core

when accessing the template module i get this really odd error:

Error in init.php: Path to TYPO3 main dir could not be resolved correctly.

This happens if the last 6 characters of this path, , (\$temp_path) is NOT "typo3/" for some reason.
You may have a strange server configuration. Or maybe you didn't set constant TYPO3_MOD_PATH in your module?
If you expect any help from anybody on this issue, you should save this page as an html document and send it along with your request for help!
Array
(
[TYPO3_OS] =>
[PATH_thisScript] => /var/www/krur/sogniesapori/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/ts/index.php
[php_sapi_name()] => apache2handler
[TYPO3_MOD_PATH] => ext/tstemplate/ts/
[PATH_TRANSLATED] => /var/www/krur/sogniesapori/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/ts/index.php
[SCRIPT_FILENAME] => /var/www/krur/sogniesapori/typo3/sysext/tstemplate/ts/index.php
)

on my local OsX php4 machine it works well, i get this error on a PHP Version 4.4.0-4 - Apache 2 - Debian machine

if i go back to 3.9dev (just switch teh sources) it works all ok.
(issue imported from #M2299)