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-rw-r--r--src/mailman/tests/test_configfile.py9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/tests/test_configfile.py b/src/mailman/tests/test_configfile.py
index ea393ca38..211064acb 100644
--- a/src/mailman/tests/test_configfile.py
+++ b/src/mailman/tests/test_configfile.py
@@ -95,16 +95,15 @@ class TestConfigFileSearch(TestConfigFileBase):
def test_current_working_directory(self):
fake_cwd = '/home/alex/mailman/hacking'
fake_testdir = self._make_fake(fake_cwd)
- config_file = os.path.join(fake_testdir, 'mailman.cfg')
+ config_file = os.path.realpath(
+ os.path.join(fake_testdir, 'mailman.cfg'))
with fakedirs(fake_testdir):
# Write a mostly empty configuration file.
with open(os.path.join(fake_testdir, 'mailman.cfg'), 'w') as fp:
print >> fp, '# Fake mailman.cfg file'
with chdir(fake_testdir):
- # Split off any /private prefix imposed by Mac OS X.
- found = search_for_configuration_file()
- if found.startswith('/private'):
- found = found[8:]
+ # sometimes symlinks bite us (eg. OS X /var -> /private/var)
+ found = os.path.realpath(search_for_configuration_file())
self.assertEqual(found, config_file)