From 609e11f11d50191dc7ba82177a190e339306f8f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: myT <>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:47:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixed drop errors when opening demos in subdirectories on
 Linux

---
 changelog.txt               | 4 ++--
 code/linux/linux_shared.cpp | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 38b10bd..a73f571 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 See the end of this file for known issues.
 
 
-20 Sep 23 - 1.53
+29 Sep 23 - 1.53
 
 add: /registerdemos   adds Windows file associations for demo files (.dm_68 .dm_67 .dm_66)
   /unregisterdemos removes Windows file associations for demo files
-  in addition, /demo can now play demo files that have an absolute path (e.g. /demo C:\test.dm_68)
+  on Windows, /demo can now play demo files that have an absolute path (e.g. /demo C:\test.dm_68)
 
 add: r_teleporterFlash <0|1> (default: 1) draws bright colors when being teleported (use 0 for black)
 
diff --git a/code/linux/linux_shared.cpp b/code/linux/linux_shared.cpp
index ac43707..25eaf9c 100644
--- a/code/linux/linux_shared.cpp
+++ b/code/linux/linux_shared.cpp
@@ -761,5 +761,8 @@ qbool Sys_IsDebuggerAttached()
 
 qbool Sys_IsAbsolutePath( const char* path )
 {
-	return path[0] == '/';
+	// when the mod feeds us a relative demo file path with a leading slash,
+	// we then think it's an absolute file path and fail to open the file...
+	// bad: return path[0] == '/';
+	return qfalse;
 }