2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/dir.lua b/src/luarocks/dir.lua
index 3c7465bb..e8cd746e 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/dir.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/dir.lua
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ function split_url(url)
    return protocol, pathname
 end
 
+--- Normalize a url or local path.
+-- URLs should be in the "protocol://path" format. System independent
+-- forward slashes are used, removing trailing and double slashes
+-- @param url string: an URL or a local pathname.
+-- @return string: Normalized result.
 function normalize(name)
-   return name:gsub("\\", "/"):gsub("(.)/*$", "%1")
+   local protocol, pathname = split_url(name)
+   pathname = pathname:gsub("\\", "/"):gsub("(.)/*$", "%1"):gsub("//", "/")
+   if protocol ~= "file" then pathname = protocol .."://"..pathname end
+   return pathname
 end
diff --git a/src/luarocks/search.lua b/src/luarocks/search.lua
index 356e06e8..76ea6815 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/search.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/search.lua
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ function print_results(results, porcelain)
       end
       for version, repos in util.sortedpairs(versions, deps.compare_versions) do
          for _, repo in ipairs(repos) do
+            repo.repo = dir.normalize(repo.repo)
             if porcelain then
                util.printout(package, version, repo.arch, repo.repo)
             else