Index: modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php,v
retrieving revision 1.166
diff -u -r1.166 drupal_web_test_case.php
--- modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php	24 Oct 2009 04:23:50 -0000	1.166
+++ modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php	26 Oct 2009 22:00:39 -0000
@@ -1053,6 +1053,9 @@
     ini_set('log_errors', 1);
     ini_set('error_log', $directory . '/error.log');
 
+    drupal_static_reset();
+    drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
+
     include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/install.inc';
     drupal_install_system();
 
