SF bug #574235, convert_path fails with empty pathname

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 1541e02de90d70966996e1e954885b6c97df1051..abc91391e4154046ba215dd3048c0c3dd448734d 100644 (file)
--- 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] == '/':