Index: drupal_web_test_case.php
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php,v
retrieving revision 1.225
diff -u -r1.225 drupal_web_test_case.php
--- drupal_web_test_case.php	19 Jul 2010 21:54:46 -0000	1.225
+++ drupal_web_test_case.php	5 Aug 2010 15:12:18 -0000
@@ -1148,6 +1148,9 @@
     $this->originalFileDirectory = file_directory_path();
     $this->originalProfile = drupal_get_profile();
     $clean_url_original = variable_get('clean_url', 0);
+    
+    //Set to english to prevent utf8_truncate to load semaphore / session stuff
+    $language="en";
 
     // Save and clean shutdown callbacks array because it static cached and
     // will be changed by the test run. If we don't, then it will contain