From 4ab23bfbeb94f1ade79def3d096ed2daaea6bc79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:32:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #15845: Fix comparison between bytes and string.

---
 Lib/os.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index d1101a26a0d..81e037af3cd 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ def makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False):
             # be happy if someone already created the path
             if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
                 raise
-        if tail == curdir:           # xxx/newdir/. exists if xxx/newdir exists
+        cdir = curdir
+        if isinstance(tail, bytes):
+            cdir = bytes(curdir, 'ASCII')
+        if tail == cdir:           # xxx/newdir/. exists if xxx/newdir exists
             return
     try:
         mkdir(name, mode)