fix issue105 -- don't depend on an existing HOME directory from tox tests.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index b7687e2..e6bd4eb 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 - introduce --sitepackages to force sitepackages=True in all
   environments.   
 
+- fix issue105 -- don't depend on an existing HOME directory from tox tests.
+
 1.6.1
 -----
 
diff --git a/tests/test_venv.py b/tests/test_venv.py
index e4d0b29..0ac8f90 100644
--- a/tests/test_venv.py
+++ b/tests/test_venv.py
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ def test_create_sitepackages(monkeypatch, mocksession, newconfig):
 
 def test_install_deps_wildcard(newmocksession):
     mocksession = newmocksession([], """
+        [tox]
+        distshare = {toxworkdir}/distshare
         [testenv:py123]
         deps=
             {distshare}/dep1-*
diff --git a/tox/_cmdline.py b/tox/_cmdline.py
index a42eb79..7c6cd69 100644
--- a/tox/_cmdline.py
+++ b/tox/_cmdline.py
@@ -417,8 +417,13 @@ class Session:
             if sdistfile != sdist_path:
                 self.report.info("copying new sdistfile to %r" %
                     str(sdistfile))
-                sdistfile.dirpath().ensure(dir=1)
-                sdist_path.copy(sdistfile)
+                try:
+                    sdistfile.dirpath().ensure(dir=1)
+                except py.error.Error:
+                    self.report.warning("could not copy distfile to %s" %
+                                        sdistfile.dirpath())
+                else:
+                    sdist_path.copy(sdistfile)
         return sdist_path
 
     def subcommand_test(self):