diff -r 24924dfb8326 -r 3ed02605e0f2 tests/run-tests.py
--- a/tests/run-tests.py	Mon Mar 14 12:26:50 2011 +0100
+++ b/tests/run-tests.py	Sun Mar 27 13:15:35 2011 +0200
@@ -694,7 +694,9 @@
         runner = shtest
 
     # Make a tmp subdirectory to work in
-    testtmp = os.environ["TESTTMP"] = os.path.join(HGTMP, test)
+    testtmp = os.environ["TESTTMP"] = os.environ["HOME"] = \
+        os.path.join(HGTMP, test)
+
     os.mkdir(testtmp)
     os.chdir(testtmp)