--- a/devtools/__init__.py	Thu Apr 08 09:59:59 2010 +0200
+++ b/devtools/__init__.py	Thu Apr 08 12:32:09 2010 +0200
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@
         sources = super(TestServerConfiguration, self).sources()
         if not sources:
             sources = DEFAULT_SOURCES
+        if sources['system']['db-driver'] == 'sqlite':
+            # we need an abspath in case tests are changing the cwd
+            sources['system']['db-name'] = abspath(sources['system']['db-name'])
         return sources