Index: Lib/posixpath.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/posixpath.py,v
retrieving revision 1.69
diff -u -r1.69 posixpath.py
--- Lib/posixpath.py	18 Jul 2004 06:14:41 -0000	1.69
+++ Lib/posixpath.py	31 Jul 2004 08:23:52 -0000
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
         paths_seen.append(path)
         # Resolve where the link points to
         resolved = os.readlink(path)
-        if not abspath(resolved):
+        if not isabs(resolved):
             dir = dirname(path)
             path = normpath(join(dir, resolved))
         else: