From 4b46ef9a4f35c50eed2e0993058be0cfe71e0b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Ward Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 02:14:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed 'change_root() to work at all on Windows, and to work correctly on Unix. --- Lib/distutils/util.py | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py index b660b4bf2bb..6063aa6847f 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/util.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py @@ -86,22 +86,22 @@ def native_path (pathname): def change_root (new_root, pathname): - """Return 'pathname' with 'new_root' prepended. If 'pathname' is relative, this is equivalent to "os.path.join(new_root,pathname)". Otherwise, it requires making 'pathname' relative and then joining the - two, which is tricky on DOS/Windows and Mac OS.""" - - if not abspath (pathname): - return os.path.join (new_root, pathname) - - elif os.name == 'posix': - return os.path.join (new_root, pathname[1:]) + two, which is tricky on DOS/Windows and Mac OS. + """ + if os.name == 'posix': + if not os.path.isabs (pathname): + return os.path.join (new_root, pathname) + else: + return os.path.join (new_root, pathname[1:]) elif os.name == 'nt': - (root_drive, root_path) = os.path.splitdrive (new_root) (drive, path) = os.path.splitdrive (pathname) - raise RuntimeError, "I give up -- not sure how to do this on Windows" + if path[0] == '\\': + path = path[1:] + return os.path.join (new_root, path) elif os.name == 'mac': raise RuntimeError, "no clue how to do this on Mac OS"