Bug #1413790: zipfile now sanitizes absolute archive names that are
not allowed by the specs.
diff --git a/Lib/zipfile.py b/Lib/zipfile.py
index 037843c..168d245 100644
--- a/Lib/zipfile.py
+++ b/Lib/zipfile.py
@@ -397,9 +397,11 @@
         date_time = mtime[0:6]
         # Create ZipInfo instance to store file information
         if arcname is None:
-            zinfo = ZipInfo(filename, date_time)
-        else:
-            zinfo = ZipInfo(arcname, date_time)
+            arcname = filename
+        arcname = os.path.normpath(os.path.splitdrive(arcname)[1])
+        while arcname[0] in (os.sep, os.altsep):
+            arcname = arcname[1:]
+        zinfo = ZipInfo(arcname, date_time)
         zinfo.external_attr = (st[0] & 0xFFFF) << 16L      # Unix attributes
         if compress_type is None:
             zinfo.compress_type = self.compression