Jack Jansen's patch to support file:///path/file/name URL syntax.
diff --git a/Lib/macurl2path.py b/Lib/macurl2path.py
index 7d273bc..4c43d21 100644
--- a/Lib/macurl2path.py
+++ b/Lib/macurl2path.py
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
tp = urllib.splittype(pathname)[0]
if tp and tp <> 'file':
raise RuntimeError, 'Cannot convert non-local URL to pathname'
+ # Turn starting /// into /, an empty hostname means current host
+ if pathname[:3] == '///':
+ pathname = pathname[2:]
+ elif pathname[:2] == '//':
+ raise RuntimeError, 'Cannot convert non-local URL to pathname'
components = string.split(pathname, '/')
# Remove . and embedded ..
i = 0