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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\locale\Tests\LocaleTranslatedSchemaDefinitionTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\locale\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\language\Entity\ConfigurableLanguage;
+use Drupal\simpletest\WebTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Adds and configures languages to check field schema definition.
+ *
+ * @group locale
+ */
+class LocaleTranslatedSchemaDefinitionTest extends WebTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('language', 'locale', 'node');
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+    ConfigurableLanguage::createFromLangcode('fr')->save();
+    $this->config('system.site')->set('langcode', 'fr')->save();
+    drupal_flush_all_caches();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that translated field descriptions do not affect the update system.
+   */
+  function testTranslatedSchemaDefinition() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\locale\StringDatabaseStorage $stringStorage */
+    $stringStorage = \Drupal::service('locale.storage');
+
+    $source = $stringStorage->createString(array(
+      'source' => 'The node ID.',
+    ))->save();
+
+    $stringStorage->createTranslation(array(
+      'lid' => $source->lid,
+      'language' => 'fr',
+      'translation' => 'Translated node ID',
+    ))->save();
+
+    // Ensure that the field is translated when access through the API.
+    $this->assertEqual('Translated node ID', \Drupal::entityManager()->getBaseFieldDefinitions('node')['nid']->getDescription());
+
+    // Assert there are no updates.
+    $this->assertFalse(\Drupal::service('entity.definition_update_manager')->needsUpdates());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that translations do not affect the update system.
+   */
+  function testTranslatedUpdate() {
+    // Visit the update page to collect any strings that may be translatable.
+    $user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer software updates'));
+    $this->drupalLogin($user);
+    $update_url = $GLOBALS['base_url'] . '/update.php';
+    $this->drupalGet($update_url, array('external' => TRUE));
+
+    /** @var \Drupal\locale\StringDatabaseStorage $stringStorage */
+    $stringStorage = \Drupal::service('locale.storage');
+    $sources = $stringStorage->getStrings();
+
+    // Translate all source strings found.
+    foreach ($sources as $source) {
+      $stringStorage->createTranslation(array(
+        'lid' => $source->lid,
+        'language' => 'fr',
+        'translation' => $this->randomMachineName(100),
+      ))->save();
+    }
+
+    // Ensure that there are no updates just due to translations. Check for
+    // markup and a link instead of specific text because text may be
+    // translated.
+    $this->drupalGet($update_url . '/selection', array('external' => TRUE));
+    $this->assertRaw('messages--status', 'No pending updates.');
+    $this->assertNoLinkByHref('fr/update.php/run', 'No link to run updates.');
+  }
+}