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diff --git a/indra/llcommon/tests/llerror_test.cpp b/indra/llcommon/tests/llerror_test.cpp
index f51279e817..8bace8ac41 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/tests/llerror_test.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/tests/llerror_test.cpp
@@ -237,8 +237,21 @@ namespace tut
void ErrorTestObject::test<4>()
// file abbreviation
{
- std::string thisFile = __FILE__;
- std::string abbreviateFile = LLError::abbreviateFile(thisFile);
+ std::string prev, abbreviateFile = __FILE__;
+ do
+ {
+ prev = abbreviateFile;
+ abbreviateFile = LLError::abbreviateFile(abbreviateFile);
+ // __FILE__ is assumed to end with
+ // indra/llcommon/tests/llerror_test.cpp. This test used to call
+ // abbreviateFile() exactly once, then check below whether it
+ // still contained the string 'indra'. That fails if the FIRST
+ // part of the pathname also contains indra! Certain developer
+ // machine images put local directory trees under
+ // /ngi-persist/indra, which is where we observe the problem. So
+ // now, keep calling abbreviateFile() until it returns its
+ // argument unchanged, THEN check.
+ } while (abbreviateFile != prev);
ensure_ends_with("file name abbreviation",
abbreviateFile,