[1.7.x] Fixed #11775 -- Made ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES work with models that don't define get_absolute_url().

Thanks jukvalim for the report and initial patch,
and Preston Timmons for review.

Backport of c32bc1a7a7 from master

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 208f27159b..b8b4f5ffa9 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES
 Default: ``{}`` (Empty dictionary)
 
 A dictionary mapping ``"app_label.model_name"`` strings to functions that take
-a model object and return its URL. This is a way of overriding
+a model object and return its URL. This is a way of inserting or overriding
 ``get_absolute_url()`` methods on a per-installation basis. Example::
 
     ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES = {
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ a model object and return its URL. This is a way of overriding
 Note that the model name used in this setting should be all lower-case, regardless
 of the case of the actual model class name.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.7.1
+
+    ``ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES`` now works on models that don't declare
+    ``get_absolute_url()``.
+
 .. setting:: ADMINS
 
 ADMINS
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
index 368749f595..46a19f1f6d 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed a typo in an ``inlineformset_factory()`` error message that caused a
   crash (:ticket:`23451`).
+
+* Restored the ability to use :setting:`ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES` with the
+  ``'auth.User'`` model (:ticket:`11775`). As a side effect, the setting now
+  adds a ``get_absolute_url()`` method to any model that appears in
+  ``ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES`` but doesn't define ``get_absolute_url()``.