From b03ae0a5f3aeaec8cef97e812fc19f9607211185 2010-01-13 08:32:13
From: Fernando Perez <Fernando.Perez@berkeley.edu>
Date: 2010-01-13 08:32:13
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug where python -c "import IPython; IPython.test()" could fail.

Depending on where one was located when typing it, it could fail.  Made all
necessary paths absolute so this doesn't happen.

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diff --git a/IPython/testing/iptest.py b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
index 258573d..fd2cb31 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/iptest.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ class IPTester(object):
                 # Script not installed (may be the case for testing situations
                 # that are running from a source tree only), pull from internal
                 # path:
-                iptest_path = pjoin(genutils.get_ipython_package_dir(),
-                                    'scripts','iptest')
+                pak_dir = os.path.abspath(genutils.get_ipython_package_dir())
+                iptest_path = pjoin(pak_dir, 'scripts', 'iptest')
             self.runner = tools.cmd2argv(iptest_path) + ['-v']
         else:
             self.runner = tools.cmd2argv(os.path.abspath(find_cmd('trial')))