fix a issue as file or dirortry which is part of data_dir will retrun absolute file path

As in misc test repo apply patch is failing which part of data dir as utility return relative path
this patch address as it return absolute file path (file or dir)

Reported-by: Geetika <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Praveen K Pandey <[email protected]>

Author: PraveenPenguin

avocado/core/test.py

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def _get_datadir(self, source):
 
         return os.path.join(*paths)
 
-    def get_data(self, filename, source=None, must_exist=True):
+    def get_data(self, filename, source=None, must_exist=True, abs_path=False):
         """
         Retrieves the path to a given data file.
 
@@ -202,7 +202,10 @@ def get_data(self, filename, source=None, must_exist=True):
                         path,
                         (f"assumed to be located at " f"{attempt_source} source dir"),
                     )
-                    return path
+                    if not abs_path:
+                        return path
+                    else:
+                        return os.path.abspath(path)
                 else:
                     if os.path.exists(path):
                         self.log.debug(
@@ -211,7 +214,10 @@ def get_data(self, filename, source=None, must_exist=True):
                             path,
                             f"found at {attempt_source} source dir",
                         )
-                        return path
+                        if not abs_path:
+                            return path
+                        else:
+                            return os.path.abspath(path)
 
         self.log.debug(
             log_fmt, filename, "NOT FOUND", f"data sources: {', '.join(sources)}"