manifest: Fix absolute path checking on windows for Python 3.13

Python 3.13 changed the behavior for os.path.isabs
https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html#os.path.isabs

Prevent absolute paths that start with a '/'.

Signed-off-by: Pieter De Gendt <[email protected]>

Author: pdgendt

src/west/manifest.py

@@ -2421,7 +2421,10 @@ def _load_project(self, pd: Dict, url_bases: Dict[str, str],
         # symbolic links.
         ret_norm = os.path.normpath(ret.path)
 
-        if os.path.isabs(ret_norm):
+        # To be "really" absolute, a Windows path must include the "drive" like C:\\, D:\\.
+        # But here we also want to block drive-less "half-breeds".
+        # Note this question has confused Python which changed the `.isabs()` behavior in 3.13
+        if ret_norm[0] in '/\\' or os.path.isabs(ret_norm):
             self._malformed(f'project "{ret.name}" has absolute path '
                             f'{ret.path}; this must be relative to the '
                             f'workspace topdir' +