diff --git a/spec/unit/ral/types/file/checksum.rb b/spec/unit/ral/types/file/checksum.rb
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--- a/spec/unit/ral/types/file/checksum.rb
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@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../spec_helper'
-
-require 'puppet/type/file'
-
-describe Puppet::Type::File, " when used with replace=>false and content" do
-    before do
-        @path = Tempfile.new("puppetspec")
-        @path.close!()
-        @path = @path.path
-        @file = Puppet::Type::File.create( { :name => @path, :content => "foo", :replace => :false } )
-    end
-
-    %w{md5 md5lite timestamp time}.each do |type|
-    end
-
-    def test_checksums
-        types = %w{md5 md5lite timestamp time}
-        exists = "/tmp/sumtest-exists"
-        nonexists = "/tmp/sumtest-nonexists"
-
-        @@tmpfiles << exists
-        @@tmpfiles << nonexists
-
-        # try it both with files that exist and ones that don't
-        files = [exists, nonexists]
-        initstorage
-        File.open(exists,File::CREAT|File::TRUNC|File::WRONLY) { |of|
-            of.puts "initial text"
-        }
-        types.each { |type|
-            files.each { |path|
-                if Puppet[:debug]
-                    Puppet.warning "Testing %s on %s" % [type,path]
-                end
-                file = nil
-                events = nil
-                # okay, we now know that we have a file...
-                assert_nothing_raised() {
-                    file = Puppet.type(:file).create(
-                        :name => path,
-                        :ensure => "file",
-                        :checksum => type
-                    )
-                }
-                trans = nil
-
-                currentvalues = file.retrieve
-
-                if file.title !~ /nonexists/
-                    sum = file.property(:checksum)
-                    assert(sum.insync?(currentvalues[sum]), "file is not in sync")
-                end
-
-                events = assert_apply(file)
-
-                assert(events)
-
-                assert(! events.include?(:file_changed), "File incorrectly changed")
-                assert_events([], file)
-
-                # We have to sleep because the time resolution of the time-based
-                # mechanisms is greater than one second
-                sleep 1 if type =~ /time/
-
-                assert_nothing_raised() {
-                    File.open(path,File::CREAT|File::TRUNC|File::WRONLY) { |of|
-                        of.puts "some more text, yo"
-                    }
-                }
-                Puppet.type(:file).clear
-
-                # now recreate the file
-                assert_nothing_raised() {
-                    file = Puppet.type(:file).create(
-                        :name => path,
-                        :checksum => type
-                    )
-                }
-                trans = nil
-
-                assert_events([:file_changed], file)
-
-                # Run it a few times to make sure we aren't getting
-                # spurious changes.
-                sum = nil
-                assert_nothing_raised do
-                    sum = file.property(:checksum).retrieve
-                end
-                assert(file.property(:checksum).insync?(sum),
-                    "checksum is not in sync")
-
-                sleep 1.1 if type =~ /time/
-                assert_nothing_raised() {
-                    File.unlink(path)
-                    File.open(path,File::CREAT|File::TRUNC|File::WRONLY) { |of|
-                        # We have to put a certain amount of text in here or
-                        # the md5-lite test fails
-                        2.times {
-                            of.puts rand(100)
-                        }
-                        of.flush
-                    }
-                }
-                assert_events([:file_changed], file)
-
-                # verify that we're actually getting notified when a file changes
-                assert_nothing_raised() {
-                    Puppet.type(:file).clear
-                }
-
-                if path =~ /nonexists/
-                    File.unlink(path)
-                end
-            }
-        }
-    end
-end