copy_absolute() keeps the relative path on _Py_wgetcwd() failure
.. instead of raising a fatal error. Even if the current directory was deleted,
use relative paths may still work (eg. run Python with "../python").
diff --git a/Modules/getpath.c b/Modules/getpath.c
index ee784dd..9e5934d 100644
--- a/Modules/getpath.c
+++ b/Modules/getpath.c
@@ -236,8 +236,11 @@
if (p[0] == SEP)
wcscpy(path, p);
else {
- if (!_Py_wgetcwd(path, MAXPATHLEN))
- Py_FatalError("unable to get the current directory");
+ if (!_Py_wgetcwd(path, MAXPATHLEN)) {
+ /* unable to get the current directory */
+ wcscpy(path, p);
+ return;
+ }
if (p[0] == '.' && p[1] == SEP)
p += 2;
joinpath(path, p);