Handle absolute paths in POSTS / PAGES as relative to output/

Roberto Alsina · Roberto Alsina · commit 5f76ad21ffe0 · 2018-03-15T13:01:41.000-03:00
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Features
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
+* Handle '/' and other absolute paths better in POSTS / PAGES
 * Support KaTeX for reST display math (Issue #2888)
 * Use npm for asset management instead of bower, which was deprecated
   (Issue #2790)
diff --git a/nikola/post.py b/nikola/post.py
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ def __init__(
             # Fill default_metadata with stuff from the other languages
             for lang in sorted(self.translated_to):
                 default_metadata.update(self.meta[lang])
-
         # Compose paths
         if self.folder_base is not None:
             # Use translatable destination folders
             self.folders = {}
             for lang in self.config['TRANSLATIONS'].keys():
-                self.folders[lang] = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(
-                    self.folder_base(lang), self.folder_relative))
+                if os.path.isabs(self.folder_base(lang)):  # Issue 2982
+                    self.folder_base[lang] = os.path.relpath(self.folder_base(lang), '/')
+                self.folders[lang] = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(self.folder_base(lang), self.folder_relative))
         else:
             # Old behavior (non-translatable destination path, normalized by scanner)
             self.folders = {lang: self.folder_relative for lang in self.config['TRANSLATIONS'].keys()}
