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diff --git a/src/boost/tools/build/test/abs_workdir.py b/src/boost/tools/build/test/abs_workdir.py
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+# Niklaus Giger, 2005-03-15
+# Testing whether we may run a test in absolute directories. There are no tests
+# for temporary directories as this is implictly tested in a lot of other cases.
+
+# TODO: Move to a separate testing-system test group.
+
+import BoostBuild
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+# Python 2.7 does not implement os.path.samefile on Windows
+import ntpath
+if not hasattr(ntpath, "samefile"):
+    def samefile(f1, f2):
+        try:
+            from os.path.nt import _getfinalpathname
+            return os.path._getfinalpathname(f1) == os.path._getfinalpathname(f2)
+        except (NotImplementedError, ImportError):
+            return os.path.abspath(f1) == os.path.abspath(f2)
+
+    ntpath.samefile = samefile
+
+t = BoostBuild.Tester(["-ffile.jam"], workdir=os.getcwd(), pass_d0=False,
+    pass_toolset=False)
+
+t.write("file.jam", "EXIT [ PWD ] : 0 ;")
+
+t.run_build_system()
+t.fail_test(not os.path.samefile(t.stdout().rstrip("\n"), os.getcwd()))
+
+try:
+    t.run_build_system(status=123, subdir="/must/fail/with/absolute/path",
+        stderr=None)
+except ValueError as e:
+    assert "subdir" in str(e), e
+else:
+    raise ValueError("exception expected")
+finally:
+    t.cleanup()