commit b0df6a1afa585c5f4d097aeb68e41996a9fff9d7
author Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> Tue Aug 13 17:42:57 2002 +0000
committer Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> Tue Aug 13 17:42:57 2002 +0000
tree 9f3a110448f52fcb8f325457f9534c08cb42204e
parent 858e34f6499ede1c2ab6e1f188449e2c13ef5407

SF bug #574235, convert_path fails with empty pathname

Lib/distutils/util.py

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index d9c6224..8d22415 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@
     """
     if os.sep == '/':
         return pathname
-    if pathname and pathname[0] == '/':
+    if not pathname:
+        return pathname
+    if pathname[0] == '/':
         raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname
-    if pathname and pathname[-1] == '/':
+    if pathname[-1] == '/':
         raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot end with '/'" % pathname
 
     paths = string.split(pathname, '/')