From: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 13:57:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Prevent convert_path from crashing if the path is an empty string.  Bugfix candidate.
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~5721
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0b5c11252da09a244cb39de47909ed07f4fa82cf;p=python

Prevent convert_path from crashing if the path is an empty string.  Bugfix candidate.
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index a51ce6601d..d079588a91 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ def convert_path (pathname):
     """
     if os.sep == '/':
         return pathname
-    if pathname[0] == '/':
+    if pathname and pathname[0] == '/':
         raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname
-    if pathname[-1] == '/':
+    if pathname and pathname[-1] == '/':
         raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot end with '/'" % pathname
 
     paths = string.split(pathname, '/')