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-rw-r--r--gnu/installer/tests.scm4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/installer/tests.scm b/gnu/installer/tests.scm
index 3c049a1c85..82c3d3ee88 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/tests.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/tests.scm
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ instrumented for further testing."
        exp)))
 
   (let ((content (call-with-input-file file read-expressions)))
+    ;; XXX: Remove the file before re-writing it, to be sure there are no
+    ;; leftovers.  We shouldn't have to to that as CALL-WITH-OUTPUT-FILE uses
+    ;; the O_TRUNC flag by default.
+    (delete-file file)
     (call-with-output-file file
       (lambda (port)
         (format port "\