Index: includes/bootstrap.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/bootstrap.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.130
diff -u -r1.130 bootstrap.inc
--- includes/bootstrap.inc	12 Nov 2006 19:16:09 -0000	1.130
+++ includes/bootstrap.inc	22 Nov 2006 00:37:28 -0000
@@ -789,8 +789,8 @@
   require_once './includes/unicode.inc';
   require_once './modules/filter/filter.module';
   unicode_check();
-  drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'system') .'/defaults.css', 'core');
-  drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'system') .'/system.css', 'core');
+  drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'system', FALSE) .'/defaults.css', 'core');
+  drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'system', FALSE) .'/system.css', 'core');
   $theme = '';
 }
 
Index: includes/common.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.589
diff -u -r1.589 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	21 Nov 2006 19:40:09 -0000	1.589
+++ includes/common.inc	22 Nov 2006 00:37:30 -0000
@@ -1252,12 +1252,15 @@
  *   The type of the item (i.e. theme, theme_engine, module).
  * @param $name
  *   The name of the item for which the path is requested.
+ * @param $checkdb
+ *   Allows the database search to be skipped (useful for pre-bootstrap
+ *   checks where configuration paths must still be respected).
  *
  * @return
  *   The path to the requested item.
  */
-function drupal_get_path($type, $name) {
-  return dirname(drupal_get_filename($type, $name));
+function drupal_get_path($type, $name, $checkdb = TRUE) {
+  return dirname(drupal_get_filename($type, $name, NULL, $checkdb));
 }
 
 /**