Ditched 'abspath()' -- don't need 1.5.1 compatability hacks anymore.

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 0bff3a5b85337e29b2ddd9e4ed1f01f433873d61..d69626e1f1550ea0818a78faefa4e138e6105a3e 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@ from distutils.dep_util import *
 from distutils.archive_util import *
 
 
-# Need to define 'abspath()', because it was new with Python 1.5.2
-if hasattr (os.path, 'abspath'):
-    abspath = os.path.abspath
-else:
-    def abspath(path):
-        if not os.path.isabs(path):
-            path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), path)
-        return os.path.normpath(path)
-
-
 # More backwards compatibility hacks
 def extend (list, new_list):
     """Appends the list 'new_list' to 'list', just like the 'extend()'