From 2b4e17e42514753e470d891b4ef2c6a7d0773f18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Daly <Nick.M.Daly@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 16:20:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Lintian error: unsafe symlinks exist only while testing.

We only need these actions during test time, so create symlinks to
them before running the tests and remove them after testing:

- actions/echo: /bin/echo

- actions/id: /usr/bin/id
---
 actions/echo          |  1 -
 actions/id            |  1 -
 tests/actions_test.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 delete mode 120000 actions/echo
 delete mode 120000 actions/id

diff --git a/actions/echo b/actions/echo
deleted file mode 120000
index 7bbf7ccd5..000000000
--- a/actions/echo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/bin/echo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actions/id b/actions/id
deleted file mode 120000
index 5f8fa7d02..000000000
--- a/actions/id
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/usr/bin/id
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/actions_test.py b/tests/actions_test.py
index df18e40db..c78fdce72 100644
--- a/tests/actions_test.py
+++ b/tests/actions_test.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # -*- mode: python; mode: auto-fill; fill-column: 80 -*-
 
 from actions import superuser_run, run
+import os
 import shlex
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -12,7 +13,19 @@ class TestPrivileged(unittest.TestCase):
 
     See actions.py for a full description of the expectations.
 
+    Symlink to ``echo`` and ``id`` during testing.
+
     """
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        os.symlink("/bin/echo", "actions/echo")
+        os.symlink("/usr/bin/id", "actions/id")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        os.remove("actions/echo")
+        os.remove("actions/id")
+
     def test_run_as_root(self):
         """1. Privileged actions run as root.