From 87abec16bd2bd2fcc9a11a2e649564101be0b17e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:52:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] probable fix for a bug reported by Prashant Jadhav

---
 doc/THANKS          | 3 +++
 lib/takeover/web.py | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/THANKS b/doc/THANKS
index cb8c4e4a2..0db6cd35d 100644
--- a/doc/THANKS
+++ b/doc/THANKS
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ Mounir Idrassi <mounir.idrassi@idrix.net>
 Daliev Ilya <daliser@yandex.ru>
     for reporting a bug
 
+Prashant Jadhav <prashantjadhav.82@gmail.com>
+    for reporting a bug
+
 Dirk Jagdmann <doj@cubic.org>
     for reporting a typo in the documentation
 
diff --git a/lib/takeover/web.py b/lib/takeover/web.py
index 6fece8ffe..3f41ca9ae 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/web.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/web.py
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ class Web:
 
             requestDir = normalizePath(requestDir)
 
+            if requestDir[0] != '/':
+                requestDir = '/' + requestDir
+
             self.webBaseUrl     = "%s://%s:%d%s" % (conf.scheme, conf.hostname, conf.port, requestDir)
             self.webUploaderUrl = "%s/%s" % (self.webBaseUrl.rstrip('/'), uploaderName)
             self.webUploaderUrl = ntToPosixSlashes(self.webUploaderUrl.replace("./", "/"))