From f5855746fe0851e5a80b32061cb819021285ff25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Ward Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 01:23:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Corran Webster: fix 'change_root()' to handle Mac OS paths. --- Lib/distutils/util.py | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py index 468887127fd..b60e39c7093 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/util.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py @@ -100,7 +100,13 @@ def change_root (new_root, pathname): return os.path.join (new_root, path) elif os.name == 'mac': - raise RuntimeError, "no clue how to do this on Mac OS" + if not os.path.isabs(pathname): + return os.path.join(new_root, pathname) + else: + # Chop off volume name from start of path + elements = string.split(pathname, ":", 1) + pathname = ":" + elements[1] + return os.path.join(new_root, pathname) else: raise DistutilsPlatformError, \