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authorNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2002-08-13 17:42:57 (GMT)
committerNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2002-08-13 17:42:57 (GMT)
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SF bug #574235, convert_path fails with empty pathname
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index d9c6224..8d22415 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ def convert_path (pathname):
"""
if os.sep == '/':
return pathname
- if pathname and pathname[0] == '/':
+ if not pathname:
+ return pathname
+ if pathname[0] == '/':
raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname
- if pathname and pathname[-1] == '/':
+ if pathname[-1] == '/':
raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot end with '/'" % pathname
paths = string.split(pathname, '/')