Set STATIC_ROOT in test runner settings to make sure the admin tests pass....

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os, subprocess, sys

import os

import shutil

import subprocess

import sys

import tempfile

import django.contrib as contrib

from django.utils import unittest

TEST_TEMPLATE_DIR = 'templates'

RUNTESTS_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)

CONTRIB_DIR = os.path.dirname(contrib.__file__)

MODEL_TEST_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), MODEL_TESTS_DIR_NAME)

REGRESSION_TEST_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), REGRESSION_TESTS_DIR_NAME)

MODEL_TEST_DIR = os.path.join(RUNTESTS_DIR, MODEL_TESTS_DIR_NAME)

REGRESSION_TEST_DIR = os.path.join(RUNTESTS_DIR, REGRESSION_TESTS_DIR_NAME)

TEMP_DIR = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='django_')

REGRESSION_SUBDIRS_TO_SKIP = ['locale']

        'LANGUAGE_CODE': settings.LANGUAGE_CODE,

        'MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES': settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES,

        'STATIC_URL': settings.STATIC_URL,

        'STATIC_ROOT': settings.STATIC_ROOT,

    }

    # Redirect some settings for the duration of these tests.

    settings.INSTALLED_APPS = ALWAYS_INSTALLED_APPS

    settings.ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'

    settings.STATIC_URL = '/static/'

    settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS = (os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), TEST_TEMPLATE_DIR),)

    settings.STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(TEMP_DIR, 'static')

    settings.TEMPLATE_DIRS = (os.path.join(RUNTESTS_DIR, TEST_TEMPLATE_DIR),)

    settings.USE_I18N = True

    settings.LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en'

    settings.LOGIN_URL = '/accounts/login/'

def teardown(state):

    from django.conf import settings

    # Removing the temporary TEMP_DIR

    shutil.rmtree(TEMP_DIR)

    # Restore the old settings.

    for key, value in state.items():

        setattr(settings, key, value)