Fix to use 'change_root()' rather than directly mangling path.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py
index 65d188f..acc89aa 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install_data.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
import os
from types import StringType
from distutils.core import Command
+from distutils.util import change_root
class install_data (Command):
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
if not os.path.isabs(dir):
dir = os.path.join(self.install_dir, dir)
elif self.root:
- dir = os.path.join(self.root, dir[1:])
+ dir = change_root(self.root, dir)
self.mkpath(dir)
for data in f[1]:
self.copy_file(data, dir)