Corran Webster: fix 'change_root()' to handle Mac OS paths.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 4688871..b60e39c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -100,7 +100,13 @@
return os.path.join (new_root, path)
elif os.name == 'mac':
- raise RuntimeError, "no clue how to do this on Mac OS"
+ if not os.path.isabs(pathname):
+ return os.path.join(new_root, pathname)
+ else:
+ # Chop off volume name from start of path
+ elements = string.split(pathname, ":", 1)
+ pathname = ":" + elements[1]
+ return os.path.join(new_root, pathname)
else:
raise DistutilsPlatformError, \