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-rw-r--r--lib/dpkg/path-remove.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/dpkg/path-remove.c b/lib/dpkg/path-remove.c
index ab26b4a8d..ef9cde7b5 100644
--- a/lib/dpkg/path-remove.c
+++ b/lib/dpkg/path-remove.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
@@ -122,7 +121,8 @@ path_remove_tree(const char *pathname)
const char *u;
u = path_skip_slash_dotslash(pathname);
- assert(*u);
+ if (u[0] == '\0')
+ internerr("pathname '%s' reduces to nothing", pathname);
debug(dbg_eachfile, "%s '%s'", __func__, pathname);
if (!rmdir(pathname))