Index: patterns.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/patterns/patterns.module,v
retrieving revision 1.1.2.2.2.75
diff -u -p -r1.1.2.2.2.75 patterns.module
--- patterns.module	18 Aug 2009 08:51:51 -0000	1.1.2.2.2.75
+++ patterns.module	28 Sep 2009 15:58:38 -0000
@@ -1002,7 +1002,6 @@ function patterns_get_patterns($reset = 
  * return a list of paths that will be scanned for patterns
  */
 function patterns_paths() {
-  $path = file_create_path(variable_get('patterns_save_xml', 'patterns'));
   global $profile;
 
   if (!isset($profile)) {
@@ -1024,6 +1023,7 @@ function patterns_paths() {
   }
 
   // also prepend files folder if it's valid
+  $path = file_create_path(variable_get('patterns_save_xml', 'patterns'));
   if (file_check_directory($path)) {
     array_unshift($patterns_paths, $path);
   }