1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/openstack/common/config/generator.py b/openstack/common/config/generator.py
index 8ebfba1..0dd7c97 100755
--- a/openstack/common/config/generator.py
+++ b/openstack/common/config/generator.py
@@ -188,7 +188,12 @@ def _get_my_ip():
 
 def _sanitize_default(s):
     """Set up a reasonably sensible default for pybasedir, my_ip and host."""
-    if s.startswith(BASEDIR):
+    if s.startswith(sys.prefix):
+        # NOTE(jd) Don't use os.path.join, because it is likely to think the
+        # second part is an absolute pathname and therefore drop the first
+        # part.
+        s = os.path.normpath("/usr/" + s[len(sys.prefix):])
+    elif s.startswith(BASEDIR):
         return s.replace(BASEDIR, '/usr/lib/python/site-packages')
     elif BASEDIR in s:
         return s.replace(BASEDIR, '')