Index: Lib/distutils/util.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/distutils/util.py,v
retrieving revision 1.68
diff -C5 -r1.68 util.py
*** Lib/distutils/util.py	4 Jun 2002 20:14:42 -0000	1.68
--- Lib/distutils/util.py	27 Jun 2002 02:00:02 -0000
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*** 82,94 ****
      ValueError on non-Unix-ish systems if 'pathname' either starts or
      ends with a slash.
      """
      if os.sep == '/':
          return pathname
!     if pathname and pathname[0] == '/':
          raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname
!     if pathname and pathname[-1] == '/':
          raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot end with '/'" % pathname
  
      paths = string.split(pathname, '/')
      while '.' in paths:
          paths.remove('.')
--- 82,96 ----
      ValueError on non-Unix-ish systems if 'pathname' either starts or
      ends with a slash.
      """
      if os.sep == '/':
          return pathname
!     if not pathname:
!         return pathname
!     if pathname[0] == '/':
          raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname
!     if pathname[-1] == '/':
          raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot end with '/'" % pathname
  
      paths = string.split(pathname, '/')
      while '.' in paths:
          paths.remove('.')