2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/mailman/commands/cli_info.py b/src/mailman/commands/cli_info.py
index 98a025673..1a4ea75b4 100644
--- a/src/mailman/commands/cli_info.py
+++ b/src/mailman/commands/cli_info.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Info:
             File to send the output to.  If not given, standard output is
             used."""))
         command_parser.add_argument(
-            '-p', '--paths',
+            '-v', '--verbose',
             action='store_true', help=_("""\
             A more verbose output including the file system paths that Mailman
             is using."""))
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Info:
         print >> output, 'Python', sys.version
         print >> output, 'config file:', config.filename
         print >> output, 'db url:', config.db.url
-        if args.paths:
+        if args.verbose:
             print >> output, 'File system paths:'
             longest = 0
             paths = {}
diff --git a/src/mailman/config/config.py b/src/mailman/config/config.py
index 224f2a8ae..6d0e48ef1 100644
--- a/src/mailman/config/config.py
+++ b/src/mailman/config/config.py
@@ -208,11 +208,11 @@ class Configuration:
         # Ensure that all paths are normalized and made absolute.  Handle the
         # few special cases first.  Most of these are due to backward
         # compatibility.
-        self.PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_FILE_DIR = substitutions.pop(
-            'pipermail_public_dir')
-        self.PRIVATE_ARCHIVE_FILE_DIR = substitutions.pop(
-            'pipermail_private_dir')
-        self.PID_FILE = substitutions.pop('pid_file')
+        self.PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_FILE_DIR = os.path.abspath(
+            substitutions.pop('pipermail_public_dir'))
+        self.PRIVATE_ARCHIVE_FILE_DIR = os.path.abspath(
+            substitutions.pop('pipermail_private_dir'))
+        self.PID_FILE = os.path.abspath(substitutions.pop('pid_file'))
         for key in substitutions:
             attribute = key.upper()
             setattr(self, attribute, os.path.abspath(substitutions[key]))