Make ntpath compress multiple slashes between drive letter and the rest of the
path. Also clarifies UNC handling and adds appropriate tests.
Applies patch #988607 to fix bug #980327. Thanks Paul Moore.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2a16fcc..a09e255 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
Library
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+- Bug #980327: ntpath not handles compressing erroneous slashes between the
+ drive letter and the rest of the path. Also clearly handles UNC addresses now
+ as well. Thanks Paul Moore.
+
- bug #679953: zipfile.py should now work for files over 2 GB. The packed data
for file sizes (compressed and uncompressed) was being stored as signed
instead of unsigned.