From fcfc2c2e100189e363cff2f47a30b0bbc8154c57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: black-sliver <59490463+black-sliver@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:10:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] WebHost: fix local_path on python 3.8 (#981)

* WebHost: fix local_path on python 3.8

`__file__` is relative in 3.8, so `os.path.dirname(__file__)` ends up being an empty string breaking calls to `local_path()` (without arguments)

* WebHost: add comment to local_path override
---
 WebHost.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/WebHost.py b/WebHost.py
index 2ce07642..4c07e8b1 100644
--- a/WebHost.py
+++ b/WebHost.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ModuleUpdate.update()
 # in case app gets imported by something like gunicorn
 import Utils
 
-Utils.local_path.cached_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+Utils.local_path.cached_path = os.path.dirname(__file__) or "."  # py3.8 is not abs. remove "." when dropping 3.8
 
 from WebHostLib import register, app as raw_app
 from waitress import serve