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r: 60707
b: refs/heads/auto
c: a243ea3
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  60705: b2bdeef
  60703: 254be97
v: v3

Author: catamorphism

[refs]

@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ refs/heads/try3: 9387340aab40a73e8424c48fd42f0c521a4875c0
 refs/tags/release-0.3.1: 495bae036dfe5ec6ceafd3312b4dca48741e845b
 refs/tags/release-0.4: e828ea2080499553b97dfe33b3f4d472b4562ad7
 refs/tags/release-0.5: 7e3bcfbf21278251ee936ad53e92e9b719702d73
-refs/heads/auto: 196851c4c92cf850d28bed749ab8c3034c04b9e3
+refs/heads/auto: a243ea39c3c155ada813c129081772ede8bce3e4
 refs/heads/servo: af82457af293e2a842ba6b7759b70288da276167
 refs/tags/release-0.6: b4ebcfa1812664df5e142f0134a5faea3918544c

branches/auto/src/libstd/os.rs

@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ pub fn mkdir_recursive(p: &Path, mode: c_int) -> bool {
 /// Lists the contents of a directory
 #[allow(non_implicitly_copyable_typarams)]
 pub fn list_dir(p: &Path) -> ~[~str] {
-    if p.components.is_empty() {
+    if p.components.is_empty() && !p.is_absolute() {
         // Not sure what the right behavior is here, but this
         // prevents a bounds check failure later
         return ~[];
@@ -1607,6 +1607,20 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(dirs.is_empty());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    fn list_dir_root() {
+        let dirs = os::list_dir(&Path("/"));
+        assert!(dirs.len() > 1);
+    }
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    fn list_dir_root() {
+        let dirs = os::list_dir(&Path("C:\\"));
+        assert!(dirs.len() > 1);
+    }
+
+
     #[test]
     fn path_is_dir() {
         assert!((os::path_is_dir(&Path("."))));