Index: modules/simpletest/simpletest.install
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/simpletest/simpletest.install,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -p -r1.28 simpletest.install
--- modules/simpletest/simpletest.install	4 Dec 2009 16:49:47 -0000	1.28
+++ modules/simpletest/simpletest.install	9 Dec 2009 00:16:13 -0000
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ function simpletest_requirements($phase)

   $has_curl = function_exists('curl_init');
   $has_hash = function_exists('hash_hmac');
+  $open_basedir = ini_get('open_basedir');
   $has_domdocument = class_exists('DOMDocument');

   $requirements['curl'] = array(
@@ -154,6 +155,15 @@ function simpletest_requirements($phase)
     $requirements['php_domdocument']['severity'] = REQUIREMENT_ERROR;
     $requirements['php_domdocument']['description'] =t('SimpleTest requires the DOMDocument class to be available. Please check the configure command at the <a href="@link-phpinfo">PHP info page</a>.', array('@link-phpinfo' => url('admin/reports/status/php')));
   }
+
+  $requirements['php_open_basedir'] = array(
+    'title' => $t('PHP open_basedir value'),
+    'value' => $open_basedir ? $t('Set') : $t('None'),
+  );
+  if ($open_basedir) {
+    $requirements['php_open_basedir']['severity'] = REQUIREMENT_ERROR;
+    $requirements['php_open_basedir']['description'] = t("The testing framework requires PHP's open_basedir to be set to 'none'. Please check your webserver configuration.");
+  }

   return $requirements;
 }