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  r85386 | victor.stinner | 2010-10-13 00:23:23 +0200 (mer., 13 oct. 2010) | 3 lines

  Issue #6612: Fix site and sysconfig to catch os.getcwd() error, eg. if the
  current directory was deleted.
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  r85387 | victor.stinner | 2010-10-13 00:26:08 +0200 (mer., 13 oct. 2010) | 2 lines

  #6612: add the author of the patch (W. Trevor King)
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  r85389 | victor.stinner | 2010-10-13 00:42:37 +0200 (mer., 13 oct. 2010) | 2 lines

  NEWS: Move #6612 to Library section
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diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 780ea7e..0cc22eb 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@
 
 
 def makepath(*paths):
-    dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(*paths))
+    dir = os.path.join(*paths)
+    try:
+        dir = os.path.abspath(dir)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
     return dir, os.path.normcase(dir)
 
 
@@ -78,8 +82,8 @@
             continue   # don't mess with a PEP 302-supplied __file__
         try:
             m.__file__ = os.path.abspath(m.__file__)
-        except AttributeError:
-            continue
+        except (AttributeError, OSError):
+            pass
 
 
 def removeduppaths():