gcovr-patches.diff

diff --git a/scripts/gcovr b/scripts/gcovr
index 034779c86d29..e68b239c424f 100755
--- a/scripts/gcovr
+++ b/scripts/gcovr
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def process_gcov_data(data_fname, covdata, options):
     if filtered_fname is None:
         if options.verbose:
             sys.stdout.write("  Filtering coverage data for file %s\n" % fname)
-        return
+        #return
     #
     # Return if the filename matches the exclude pattern
     #
@@ -2141,6 +2141,9 @@ if options.objdir:
 for i in range(0, len(options.exclude)):
     options.exclude[i] = re.compile(options.exclude[i])
 
+if options.output is not None:
+    options.output = os.path.abspath(options.output)
+
 if options.root is not None:
     if not options.root:
         sys.stderr.write(