--- a/tests/test-eol.t	Fri Mar 11 15:48:44 2011 +0000
+++ b/tests/test-eol.t	Sat Mar 12 11:06:40 2011 +0100
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@
   $ touch .hgeol
   $ hg status --traceback
   ? .hgeol
+  $ chmod -R u+w .hg
   $ cd ..
 
 Test cleverencode: and cleverdecode: aliases for win32text extension