Index: Lib/distutils/tests/test_archive_util.py
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--- Lib/distutils/tests/test_archive_util.py	(revision 72767)
+++ Lib/distutils/tests/test_archive_util.py	(working copy)
@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@
         self.write_file([tmpdir, 'file2'], 'xxx')
 
         tmpdir2 = self.mkdtemp()
+        unittest.skipUnless(os.path.splitdrive(tmpdir)[0] == os.path.splitdrive(tmpdir2)[0],
+            "Source and target should be on same drive")
         base_name = os.path.join(tmpdir2, 'archive')
 
         # working with relative paths to avoid tar warnings
         old_dir = os.getcwd()
         os.chdir(tmpdir)
         try:
-            make_tarball(base_name, '.')
+            make_tarball(os.path.splitdrive(base_name)[1], '.')
         finally:
             os.chdir(old_dir)
 
@@ -41,11 +43,10 @@
         self.assert_(os.path.exists(tarball))
 
         # trying an uncompressed one
-        base_name = os.path.join(tmpdir2, 'archive')
         old_dir = os.getcwd()
         os.chdir(tmpdir)
         try:
-            make_tarball(base_name, '.', compress=None)
+            make_tarball(os.path.splitdrive(base_name)[1], '.', compress=None)
         finally:
             os.chdir(old_dir)
         tarball = base_name + '.tar'