From fdb68a16133ecc966add15af975a13f5792c81a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2023 12:15:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] CHM Input: resolve absolute links to resource files from the
 root of the CHM file. Fixes #2023431 [Private
 bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/2023431)

Previously they would have been ignored or caused an error on Windows.
---
 src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/chm_input.py  | 1 +
 src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/chm_input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/chm_input.py
index fbdfb48a52..d8a4428adc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/chm_input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/chm_input.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ class CHMInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         opts.breadth_first = True
         htmlinput = HTMLInput(None)
         htmlinput.set_root_dir_of_input(basedir)
+        htmlinput.root_dir_for_absolute_links = basedir
         oeb = htmlinput.create_oebbook(htmlpath, basedir, opts, log, mi)
         return oeb
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py
index c1d85b2d37..7957d0e230 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class HTMLInput(InputFormatPlugin):
     description = _('Convert HTML and OPF files to an OEB')
     file_types  = {'opf', 'html', 'htm', 'xhtml', 'xhtm', 'shtm', 'shtml'}
     commit_name = 'html_input'
+    root_dir_for_absolute_links = ''
 
     options = {
         OptionRecommendation(name='breadth_first',
@@ -253,6 +254,9 @@ class HTMLInput(InputFormatPlugin):
             except:
                 self.log.warn('Failed to decode link %r. Ignoring'%link_)
                 return None, None
+        if self.root_dir_for_absolute_links and link_.startswith('/'):
+            link_ = link_.lstrip('/')
+            base = self.root_dir_for_absolute_links
         try:
             l = Link(link_, base if base else os.getcwd())
         except: