Index: distutils/util.py
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/distutils/distutils/util.py,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -a -u -r1.29 util.py
--- util.py	2000/04/22 15:14:58	1.29
+++ util.py	2000/04/24 15:01:35
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@
         raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname
     if pathname[-1] == '/':
         raise ValueError, "path '%s' cannot end with '/'" % pathname
-    if os.sep != '/' and os.sep in pathname:
-        raise ValueError, \
-              "path '%s' cannot contain '%c' character" % \
-              (pathname, os.sep)
-
-        paths = string.split (pathname, '/')
-        return apply (os.path.join, paths)
+    if os.sep != '/':
+	if os.sep in pathname:
+            raise ValueError, \
+              "path '%s' cannot contain '%c' character" % (pathname, os.sep)
+	else:
+            paths = string.split (pathname, '/')
+            return apply (os.path.join, paths)
     else:
         return pathname