--- a/tests/test-largefiles.t	Tue Nov 15 14:33:06 2011 -0600
+++ b/tests/test-largefiles.t	Wed Nov 16 03:45:06 2011 +0100
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@
   getting changed largefiles
   1 largefiles updated, 0 removed
   $ cd ..
+  $ chmod -R u+w alice/pubrepo
   $ HOME="$ORIGHOME"
 
 Symlink to a large largefile should behave the same as a symlink to a normal file