diff -r c3ffdb2c4091 -r 91c0e8d7ddcf mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py	Wed Nov 02 16:13:34 2005 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py	Wed Nov 02 16:13:41 2005 -0800
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@
                 nonexistent = True
                 if not st:
                     try:
-                        st = os.lstat(fn)
+                        f = os.path.join(self.root, fn)
+                        st = os.lstat(f)
                     except OSError, inst:
                         if inst.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                             raise