--- url.c	2002-05-24 11:22:24.000000000 +0100
+++ url.c	2003-01-03 21:52:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -1515,12 +1515,12 @@
 
 	  goto again;
 	}
-      else if (*p == '/')
+      /*else if (*p == '/')
 	{
 	  /* Remove empty path elements.  Not mandated by rfc1808 et
 	     al, but empty path elements are not all that useful, and
 	     the rest of Wget might not deal with them well. */
-	  char *q = p;
+	  /*char *q = p;
 	  while (*q == '/')
 	    ++q;
 	  change = 1;
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@
 	  memmove (p, q, end - q);
 	  end -= q - p;
 	  goto again;
-	}
+	}*/
 
       /* Skip to the next path element. */
       while (*p && *p != '/')