From: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 23:49:43 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: [bpo-45765] Fix distribution discovery on empty path. (#29487)
X-Git-Tag: v3.11.0a3~272
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6ec0dec7b7b50d4fee5b2b66cf38e4291bcdf44c;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

[bpo-45765] Fix distribution discovery on empty path. (#29487)
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diff --git a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
index f5172eefc184..b3e8fb05f1d9 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ class FastPath:
 
     def children(self):
         with suppress(Exception):
-            return os.listdir(self.root or '')
+            return os.listdir(self.root or '.')
         with suppress(Exception):
             return self.zip_children()
         return []
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-11-09-09-04-19.bpo-45765.JVobxK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-11-09-09-04-19.bpo-45765.JVobxK.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1f4a1f7aa91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-11-09-09-04-19.bpo-45765.JVobxK.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+In importlib.metadata, fix distribution discovery for an empty path.