--- jython-2.5.0/Lib/distutils/util.py.orig	2009-06-16 13:34:18.000000000 -0400
+++ jython-2.5.0/Lib/distutils/util.py	2009-08-05 17:09:09.000000000 -0400
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@
         if not os.path.isabs(pathname):
             return os.path.join(new_root, pathname)
         else:
-            return os.path.join(new_root, pathname[1:])
+            (drive, path) = os.path.splitdrive(pathname)
+            if path[0] == os.sep:
+                path = path[1:]
+            return os.path.join(new_root, path)
 
     elif os.name == 'nt':
         (drive, path) = os.path.splitdrive(pathname)