commit 09695ce99901c17d7970eb39a70ac9768cb3f39e
Author: Erik Stielstra <info@erikstielstra.nl>
Date:   Fri Sep 12 10:10:45 2014 +0200

    #67

diff --git a/core/modules/locale/src/Tests/LocaleUpdateBase.php b/core/modules/locale/src/Tests/LocaleUpdateBase.php
index 44f34c2..c7f6233 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/src/Tests/LocaleUpdateBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/src/Tests/LocaleUpdateBase.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @file
- * Contains Drupal\locale\Tests\LocaleUpdateTest.
+ * Contains Drupal\locale\Tests\LocaleUpdateBase.
  */
 
 namespace Drupal\locale\Tests;
@@ -42,13 +42,19 @@
    *
    * @var array
    */
-  public static $modules = array('update', 'locale', 'locale_test');
+  public static $modules = array('update', 'update_test', 'locale', 'locale_test',);
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
+
+    // Update module should not go out to d.o to check for updates. We override
+    // the url to the default update_test xml path. But without providing
+    // a mock xml file, no update data will be found.
+    \Drupal::config('update.settings')->set('fetch.url', url('update-test', array('absolute' => TRUE)))->save();
+
     // Setup timestamps to identify old and new translation sources.
     $this->timestampOld = REQUEST_TIME - 300;
     $this->timestampMedium = REQUEST_TIME - 200;
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/tests/modules/locale_test/locale_test.module b/core/modules/locale/tests/modules/locale_test/locale_test.module
index f06a24a..d9fd382 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/tests/modules/locale_test/locale_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/locale/tests/modules/locale_test/locale_test.module
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ function locale_test_system_info_alter(&$info, Extension $file, $type) {
  * test script in order for this hook to take effect.
  */
 function locale_test_locale_translation_projects_alter(&$projects) {
+  // Drupal core should not be translated. By overriding the server pattern we
+  // make sure that no translation for drupal core will be found and that the
+  // translation update system will not go out to l.d.o to check.
+  $projects['drupal']['server_pattern'] = 'translations://';
+
   if (\Drupal::state()->get('locale.test_projects_alter')) {
 
     // Instead of the default ftp.drupal.org we use the file system of the test