Index: src/test/groovy/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/DefaultResolverFactoryTest.groovy
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--- src/test/groovy/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/DefaultResolverFactoryTest.groovy	(revision 1351)
+++ src/test/groovy/org/gradle/api/internal/artifacts/ivyservice/DefaultResolverFactoryTest.groovy	(working copy)
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@
         FileSystemResolver resolver = factory.createFlatDirResolver(expectedName, [dir1, dir2] as File[])
         checkNoModuleRepository(resolver, expectedName,
                 [dir1, dir2].collect {"$it.absolutePath/$ResolverContainer.FLAT_DIR_RESOLVER_PATTERN"}, [])
-        assertEquals(File.getTempDir(), ((DefaultRepositoryCacheManager) resolver.getRepositoryCacheManager()).getBasedir().getParent())
+        assertEquals(new File(System.getProperty('java.io.tmpdir')).getCanonicalPath(),
+              new File(((DefaultRepositoryCacheManager) resolver.getRepositoryCacheManager()).getBasedir().getParent()).getCanonicalPath())
     }
 
     private void checkNoModuleRepository(RepositoryResolver resolver, String expectedName, List expectedArtifactPatterns,