diff --git a/src/it/projects/basic-features/ExecutionRoot/src/assemble/src.xml b/src/it/projects/basic-features/ExecutionRoot/src/assemble/src.xml
index 3da12b6..2056adf 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/basic-features/ExecutionRoot/src/assemble/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/basic-features/ExecutionRoot/src/assemble/src.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>
         <exclude>target/**</exclude>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/basic-features/add-classpath/assembly.xml b/src/it/projects/basic-features/add-classpath/assembly.xml
index 24a3523..60752fb 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/basic-features/add-classpath/assembly.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/basic-features/add-classpath/assembly.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
 </assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/it/projects/basic-features/file-copyIntoTopDir/src/assemble/bin.xml b/src/it/projects/basic-features/file-copyIntoTopDir/src/assemble/bin.xml
index 28c8e3b..a5b47c5 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/basic-features/file-copyIntoTopDir/src/assemble/bin.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/basic-features/file-copyIntoTopDir/src/assemble/bin.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <files>
     <file>
       <source>TODO.txt</source>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
     </file>
   </files>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/basic-features/formats/src/assemblies/format-test.xml b/src/it/projects/basic-features/formats/src/assemblies/format-test.xml
index e37f556..a283046 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/basic-features/formats/src/assemblies/format-test.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/basic-features/formats/src/assemblies/format-test.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   <files>
     <file>
       <source>TODO.txt</source>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
     </file>
   </files>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/basic-features/massembly-351-projectPrefixInterp/src/main/assembly/myassembly.xml b/src/it/projects/basic-features/massembly-351-projectPrefixInterp/src/main/assembly/myassembly.xml
index d4b60eb..c798ed3 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/basic-features/massembly-351-projectPrefixInterp/src/main/assembly/myassembly.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/basic-features/massembly-351-projectPrefixInterp/src/main/assembly/myassembly.xml
@@ -31,21 +31,21 @@
     <fileSets>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>src/main/files</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>/files</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>files</outputDirectory>
             <includes>
               <include>${artifactId}1.file</include>
             </includes>
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>src/main/files</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>/files</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>files</outputDirectory>
             <includes>
               <include>${pom.artifactId}2.file</include>
             </includes>
         </fileSet>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>src/main/files</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>/files</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>files</outputDirectory>
             <includes>
               <include>${project.artifactId}3.file</include>
             </includes>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-375/src/main/assembly/test.xml b/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-375/src/main/assembly/test.xml
index 2e61f95..e548151 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-375/src/main/assembly/test.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-375/src/main/assembly/test.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>src/main/assembly</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>test.txt</include>
       </includes>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-732/assembly.xml b/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-732/assembly.xml
index 404839d..55a0bd9 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-732/assembly.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-732/assembly.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	<files>
 		<file>
 		<source>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</source>
-			<outputDirectory>/lib</outputDirectory>
+			<outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
 			<destName>${project.build.finalName}.jar</destName>
 		</file>
 	</files>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-733/src/main/assembly/bin.xml b/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-733/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
index d5bb3d6..265047c 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-733/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-733/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
   <files>
     <file>
-      <outputDirectory>/root</outputDirectory>
       <source>src/main/assembly/bin.xml</source>
+      <outputDirectory>root</outputDirectory>
     </file>
   </files>
 
diff --git a/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-739/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml b/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-739/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
index 5f2b74e..d9e5042 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-739/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/bugs/massembly-739/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     </dependencySets>
     <fileSets>
         <fileSet>
-            <outputDirectory>/bin</outputDirectory>
             <directory>${basedir}/src/main/scripts</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
         </fileSet>
     </fileSets>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/container-descriptors/configured-handler/src/assemble/bin.xml b/src/it/projects/container-descriptors/configured-handler/src/assemble/bin.xml
index e8ad93e..d5ccd0b 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/container-descriptors/configured-handler/src/assemble/bin.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/container-descriptors/configured-handler/src/assemble/bin.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>src/config</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
   
diff --git a/src/it/projects/container-descriptors/custom-containerDescriptorHandler/assembly/src/assemble/bin.xml b/src/it/projects/container-descriptors/custom-containerDescriptorHandler/assembly/src/assemble/bin.xml
index 6b86e1d..2b2d764 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/container-descriptors/custom-containerDescriptorHandler/assembly/src/assemble/bin.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/container-descriptors/custom-containerDescriptorHandler/assembly/src/assemble/bin.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>src/config</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
   
diff --git a/src/it/projects/dependency-sets/include-project-attachments/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/it/projects/dependency-sets/include-project-attachments/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index 6974e86..0207e52 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/dependency-sets/include-project-attachments/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/dependency-sets/include-project-attachments/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>target</exclude>
       </excludes>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/file-sets/excludes-using-regex/src/assemble/src.xml b/src/it/projects/file-sets/excludes-using-regex/src/assemble/src.xml
index 4a004f3..0a3def8 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/file-sets/excludes-using-regex/src/assemble/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/file-sets/excludes-using-regex/src/assemble/src.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>
         <exclude>%regex[(?!((?!target/)[^/]+/)*src/).*target.*]</exclude>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/file-sets/filtered-module-sources/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/it/projects/file-sets/filtered-module-sources/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index fb4abd0..cbc06e0 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/file-sets/filtered-module-sources/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/file-sets/filtered-module-sources/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       <sources>
         <fileSets>
           <fileSet>
-            <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
             <directory>src/main/assembly-resources</directory>
             <filtered>true</filtered>
           </fileSet>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/file-sets/filtered-multimodule/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/it/projects/file-sets/filtered-multimodule/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index 2fbfdbe..9800c04 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/file-sets/filtered-multimodule/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/file-sets/filtered-multimodule/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <directory>src/main/assembly-resources</directory>
       <filtered>true</filtered>
     </fileSet>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/file-sets/multimodule-unix-lineEndings/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/it/projects/file-sets/multimodule-unix-lineEndings/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index f3e2f5f..4f8f82b 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/file-sets/multimodule-unix-lineEndings/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/file-sets/multimodule-unix-lineEndings/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <directory>src/main/assembly-resources</directory>
       <filtered>true</filtered>
       <lineEnding>unix</lineEnding>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/file-sets/multimodule-win-lineEndings/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/it/projects/file-sets/multimodule-win-lineEndings/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index fde76f4..5de4d33 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/file-sets/multimodule-win-lineEndings/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/file-sets/multimodule-win-lineEndings/child/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <directory>src/main/assembly-resources</directory>
       <filtered>true</filtered>
       <lineEnding>crlf</lineEnding>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/filtering-feature/fileset-to-tar-massembly-722/src/main/assemblies/prod-assemble.xml b/src/it/projects/filtering-feature/fileset-to-tar-massembly-722/src/main/assemblies/prod-assemble.xml
index 57f5922..907792f 100755
--- a/src/it/projects/filtering-feature/fileset-to-tar-massembly-722/src/main/assemblies/prod-assemble.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/filtering-feature/fileset-to-tar-massembly-722/src/main/assemblies/prod-assemble.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <fileSets>
         <fileSet>
             <directory>src/main/filtered-config</directory>
-            <outputDirectory>/config</outputDirectory>
+            <outputDirectory>config</outputDirectory>
             <filtered>true</filtered>
         </fileSet>
     </fileSets>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/archiver-ignorePermissions/src/main/assembly/bin.xml b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/archiver-ignorePermissions/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
index e347357..df4553b 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/archiver-ignorePermissions/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/archiver-ignorePermissions/src/main/assembly/bin.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>target/**</exclude>
       </excludes>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/ignoreDirFormatExtensions/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/ignoreDirFormatExtensions/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index 9eafc13..3328fa9 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/ignoreDirFormatExtensions/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/ignoreDirFormatExtensions/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/ignoreDirFormatExtensions/src/main/assembly/src2.xml b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/ignoreDirFormatExtensions/src/main/assembly/src2.xml
index 4d836ed..3597206 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/ignoreDirFormatExtensions/src/main/assembly/src2.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/ignoreDirFormatExtensions/src/main/assembly/src2.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>**/target/**</exclude>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/massembly-291/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/massembly-291/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index 3b22579..5e31950 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/massembly-291/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/massembly-291/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>build.log</exclude>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/massembly-301/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/massembly-301/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index 3b22579..5e31950 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/massembly-301/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/src/it/projects/mojo-configuration/massembly-301/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>build.log</exclude>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/utils/AssemblyFormatUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/utils/AssemblyFormatUtils.java
index 9593128..f496d05 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/utils/AssemblyFormatUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/utils/AssemblyFormatUtils.java
@@ -480,15 +480,15 @@
     {
         if ( Os.isFamily( Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS ) )
         {
-            if ( isLinuxRootReference( destDirectory ) )
+            if ( isUnixRootReference( destDirectory ) )
             {
-                logger.error( "OS=Windows and the assembly descriptor contains a *nix-specific root-relative-reference"
-                                  + " (starting with slash) " + destDirectory );
+                logger.error( "OS=Windows and the assembly descriptor contains a *nix-specific root-relative reference"
+                                  + " (starting with slash): " + destDirectory );
             }
             else if ( isWindowsPath( destDirectory ) )
             {
-                logger.warn( "The assembly descriptor contains a *nix-specific root-relative-reference"
-                                 + " (starting with slash). This is non-portable and will fail on windows "
+                logger.warn( "The assembly descriptor contains a Windows-specific directory reference"
+                                 + " (with a drive letter). This is not portable and will fail on non-Windows: "
                                  + destDirectory );
             }
         }
@@ -497,13 +497,14 @@
             if ( isWindowsPath( destDirectory ) )
             {
                 logger.error(
-                    "OS=Non-Windows and the assembly descriptor contains a windows-specific directory reference"
-                        + " (with a drive letter) " + destDirectory );
+                    "OS=Non-Windows and the assembly descriptor contains a Windows-specific directory reference"
+                        + " (with a drive letter): " + destDirectory );
             }
-            else if ( isLinuxRootReference( destDirectory ) )
+            else if ( isUnixRootReference( destDirectory ) )
             {
-                logger.warn( "The assembly descriptor contains a filesystem-root relative reference,"
-                                 + " which is not cross platform compatible " + destDirectory );
+                logger.warn( "The assembly descriptor contains a *nix-specific root-relative reference"
+                                 + " (starting with slash). This is not portable and might fail on Windows: "
+                                 + destDirectory );
             }
         }
     }
@@ -513,7 +514,7 @@
         return ( destDirectory != null && destDirectory.length() >= 2 && destDirectory.charAt( 1 ) == ':' );
     }
 
-    static boolean isLinuxRootReference( String destDirectory )
+    static boolean isUnixRootReference( String destDirectory )
     {
         return ( destDirectory != null && destDirectory.startsWith( "/" ) );
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assemblies/bin.xml b/src/main/resources/assemblies/bin.xml
index 3fe82ab..943cb32 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assemblies/bin.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/assemblies/bin.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>\${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>README*</include>
         <include>LICENSE*</include>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>\${project.build.directory}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <includes>
         <include>*.jar</include>
       </includes>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assemblies/project.xml b/src/main/resources/assemblies/project.xml
index 16ebc63..334bec1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assemblies/project.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/assemblies/project.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>\${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>
diff --git a/src/site/apt/advanced-descriptor-topics.apt.vm b/src/site/apt/advanced-descriptor-topics.apt.vm
index d8dcbe2..cba40f9 100644
--- a/src/site/apt/advanced-descriptor-topics.apt.vm
+++ b/src/site/apt/advanced-descriptor-topics.apt.vm
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>%regex[(?!.*src/).*target.*]</exclude>
       </excludes>
diff --git a/src/site/apt/examples/single/filtering-some-distribution-files.apt.vm b/src/site/apt/examples/single/filtering-some-distribution-files.apt.vm
index 31023b4..93ce9f2 100644
--- a/src/site/apt/examples/single/filtering-some-distribution-files.apt.vm
+++ b/src/site/apt/examples/single/filtering-some-distribution-files.apt.vm
@@ -88,16 +88,16 @@
   <files>
     <file>
       <source>README.txt</source>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <filtered>true</filtered>
     </file>
     <file>
       <source>LICENSE.txt</source>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
     </file>
     <file>
       <source>NOTICE.txt</source>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <filtered>true</filtered>
     </file>
   </files>
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@
   <files>
     <file>
       <source>README.txt</source>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <filtered>true</filtered>
     </file>
     <file>
       <source>NOTICE.txt</source>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
       <filtered>true</filtered>
     </file>
   </files>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/archive/phase/FileItemAssemblyPhaseTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/archive/phase/FileItemAssemblyPhaseTest.java
index bf658bd..07d2a71 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/archive/phase/FileItemAssemblyPhaseTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/archive/phase/FileItemAssemblyPhaseTest.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
         if ( Os.isFamily( Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS ) )
         {
             macLogger.logger.error( "OS=Windows and the assembly descriptor contains a *nix-specific "
-                                        + "root-relative-reference (starting with slash) /" );
+                                        + "root-relative reference (starting with slash): /" );
         }
         else
         {
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
         if ( Os.isFamily( Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS ) )
         {
             macLogger.logger.error( "OS=Windows and the assembly descriptor contains a *nix-specific "
-                                        + "root-relative-reference (starting with slash) /" );
+                                        + "root-relative reference (starting with slash): /" );
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/utils/AssemblyFormatUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/utils/AssemblyFormatUtilsTest.java
index 9121d73..31c282d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/utils/AssemblyFormatUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/assembly/utils/AssemblyFormatUtilsTest.java
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
 
     public void testLinuxRootReferencePath()
     {
-        assertTrue( AssemblyFormatUtils.isLinuxRootReference( "/etc/home" ) );
+        assertTrue( AssemblyFormatUtils.isUnixRootReference( "/etc/home" ) );
     }
 
 
@@ -820,8 +820,6 @@
 
             expect( configSource.getFinalName() ).andReturn( finalName ).atLeastOnce();
         }
-
-
     }
 
 }