Index: modules/update/update.test
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--- modules/update/update.test	(revision 25910)
+++ modules/update/update.test	(working copy)
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@
         'hidden' => FALSE,
       ),
     );
+    // Quick stopgap to avoid custom module issues (http://drupal.org/node/1125662)
+    variable_set('update_max_fetch_attempts', 99999999);
     variable_set('update_test_system_info', $system_info);
     $xml_mapping = array(
       'drupal' => '0',
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@
    * Ensure that archiver extensions are properly merged in the UI.
    */
   function testFileNameExtensionMerging() {
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/modules/install');    
+    $this->drupalGet('admin/modules/install');
     // Make sure the bogus extension supported by update_test.module is there.
     $this->assertPattern('/file extensions are supported:.*update-test-extension/', t("Found 'update-test-extension' extension"));
     // Make sure it didn't clobber the first option from core.