From: Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:49:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF bug #574235, convert_path fails with empty pathname
X-Git-Tag: v2.2.2b1~221
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0299b1c99f9adae1e9f74c64e3163e9012cb42af;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

SF bug #574235, convert_path fails with empty pathname
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 1541e02de90d..abc91391e415 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ def convert_path (pathname):
     """
     if os.sep == '/':
         return pathname
+    if not pathname:
+        return pathname
     if pathname[0] == '/':
         raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname
     if pathname[-1] == '/':