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-rw-r--r--django/contrib/staticfiles/utils.py7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/django/contrib/staticfiles/utils.py b/django/contrib/staticfiles/utils.py
index e7598d4aa5..217bc7a706 100644
--- a/django/contrib/staticfiles/utils.py
+++ b/django/contrib/staticfiles/utils.py
@@ -45,3 +45,10 @@ def check_settings():
(settings.MEDIA_ROOT == settings.STATIC_ROOT)):
raise ImproperlyConfigured("The MEDIA_ROOT and STATIC_ROOT "
"settings must have different values")
+ for path in settings.STATICFILES_DIRS:
+ # in case the item contains a prefix
+ if isinstance(path, (list, tuple)):
+ path = path[1]
+ if os.path.abspath(settings.STATIC_ROOT) == os.path.abspath(path):
+ raise ImproperlyConfigured("The STATICFILES_DIRS setting should "
+ "not contain the STATIC_ROOT setting")