Fix fileutil tests.

[tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs.git] / src / allmydata / util / fileutil.py

diff --git a/src/allmydata/util/fileutil.py b/src/allmydata/util/fileutil.py
index 4d1c8dbab9eaf4d19f47facf071e2f1e9042a49a..2315202610a70a223fbb94af61272509a84dd5b1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/allmydata/util/fileutil.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/util/fileutil.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def abspath_expanduser_unicode(path, base=None, long_path=True):
     """
     if not isinstance(path, unicode):
         raise AssertionError("paths must be Unicode strings")
-    if base is not None:
+    if base is not None and long_path:
         precondition_abspath(base)
 
     path = expanduser(path)