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+
+import os
+import textwrap
+from test_pip import base_path, reset_env, run_pip, pyversion, lib_py, write_file
+
+def test_1():
+    '''
+    Some tests of requirement files::
+    '''
+    reset_env()
+    write_file('initools-req.txt', textwrap.dedent('''\
+        INITools==0.2
+        # and something else to test out:
+        simplejson<=1.7.4
+        '''))
+    result = run_pip('install', '-r', 'initools-req.txt')
+    assert len(result.wildcard_matches('lib/python*/site-packages/INITools-0.2-py*.egg-info')) == 1
+    assert len(result.wildcard_matches('lib/python*/site-packages/initools')) == 1
+    dirs = result.wildcard_matches('lib/python*/site-packages/simplejson*')
+    assert len(dirs) == 2
+    assert dirs[0].dir, dirs[1].dir == (True, True)
+
+def test_2():
+    '''
+    Now with more than one file::
+    '''
+    reset_env()
+    write_file('initools-req.txt', textwrap.dedent('''\
+        -e svn+http://svn.colorstudy.com/INITools/trunk@3139#egg=INITools-dev
+        -r simplejson-req.txt'''))
+    write_file('simplejson-req.txt', textwrap.dedent('''\
+        simplejson<=1.7.4
+        '''))
+    result = run_pip('install', '-r', 'initools-req.txt')
+    assert len(result.wildcard_matches('lib/python*/site-packages/simplejson*')) == 2
+    assert 'src/initools' in result.files_created
+