From: Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:42:57 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF bug #574235, convert_path fails with empty pathname
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~4505
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b0df6a1afa585c5f4d097aeb68e41996a9fff9d7;p=python

SF bug #574235, convert_path fails with empty pathname
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index d9c622487c..8d22415496 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ def convert_path (pathname):
     """
     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, '/')