[Mono-bugs] [Bug 41998][Wis] New - Uri constructor fails with unix style path

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Changed by ianm@activestate.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=41998

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+Bug#: 41998
+Product: Mono/Class Libraries
+Version: unspecified
+OS: GNU/Linux [Other]
+OS Details: gentoo 1.4
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Wishlist
+Component: System
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: ianm@activestate.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Uri constructor fails with unix style path
+
+Description of Problem:
+the constructor of Uri class fails when passed a bare unix style file path
+ie withouth file:// prepended to it.
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1. 
+string somefile = @"/home/ianm/dev/test/csharp/somefile.cs";
+Uri newURI = new Uri( somefile );
+
+Actual Results:
+
+Unhandled Exception: System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The 
+ hostname could not be parsed at URI.Parse
+
+Expected Results:
+successful creation of new URI object
+
+How often does this happen? 
+consistently