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	6 Aug 2010 09:07:36 -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 = (object) array('language' => 'en', 'name' => 'English', 'native' => 'English', 'direction' => 0, 'enabled' => 1, 'plurals' => 0, 'formula' => '', 'domain' => '', 'prefix' => '', 'weight' => 0, 'javascript' => '');
 
     // 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