diff -Naur jruby-1.2.0.orig/test/externals/ruby_test/test/core/File/class/tc_ftype.rb jruby-1.2.0/test/externals/ruby_test/test/core/File/class/tc_ftype.rb
--- jruby-1.2.0.orig/test/externals/ruby_test/test/core/File/class/tc_ftype.rb	2009-04-26 12:01:41.912584566 +0100
+++ jruby-1.2.0/test/externals/ruby_test/test/core/File/class/tc_ftype.rb	2009-04-26 12:03:56.000210377 +0100
@@ -26,28 +26,13 @@
       else
          @char = Pathname.new('/dev/null').realpath
          @fifo = "test_fifo"
+         @link = "test_link"
 
          system("mkfifo #{@fifo}")
+         system("ln -snf . #{@link}")
 
-         if File.exists?("/dev/fd0")
-            @block = Pathname.new("/dev/fd0").realpath
-            @link  = "/dev/fd0" if File.symlink?("/dev/fd0")
-         elsif File.exists?("/dev/diskette")
-            @block = Pathname.new("/dev/diskette").realpath
-            @link  = "/dev/diskette" if File.symlink?("/dev/diskette")
-         elsif File.exists?("/dev/cdrom")
-            @block = Pathname.new("/dev/cdrom").realpath
-            @link  = "/dev/cdrom" if File.symlink?("/dev/cdrom")
-         elsif File.exists?("/dev/sr0") # CDROM
-            @block = Pathname.new("/dev/sr0").realpath
-            @link  = "/dev/sr0" if File.symlink?("/dev/sr0") 
-         elsif File.exists?("/dev/disk0")
-            @block = "/dev/disk0"
-            @link  = "/tmp"
-         else
-            @block = nil
-            @link  = nil
-         end
+         @block = %w( /dev/fd0 /dev/diskette /dev/cdrom /dev/sr0 /dev/disk0 ).find { |dev| File.exists?(dev) }
+         @block = Pathname.new(@block).realpath if @block
       end
    end
 
@@ -66,22 +51,21 @@
    end
 
    # TODO: Find appropriate tests for MS Windows
-   unless WINDOWS
-      def test_ftype_char
-         assert_equal('characterSpecial', File.ftype(@char))
-      end
+   
+   def test_ftype_char
+      assert_equal('characterSpecial', File.ftype(@char)) if @char
+   end
 
-      def test_ftype_block
-         assert_equal('blockSpecial', File.ftype(@block), "BLOCK WAS: #{@block}")
-      end
+   def test_ftype_block
+      assert_equal('blockSpecial', File.ftype(@block), "BLOCK WAS: #{@block}") if @block
+   end
 
-      def test_ftype_link
-         assert_equal('link', File.ftype(@link))
-      end
+   def test_ftype_link
+      assert_equal('link', File.ftype(@link)) if @link
+   end
 
-      def test_ftype_fifo
-         assert_equal('fifo', File.ftype(@fifo))
-      end
+   def test_ftype_fifo
+      assert_equal('fifo', File.ftype(@fifo)) if @fifo
    end
 
    def test_ftype_expected_errors
@@ -91,6 +75,7 @@
 
    def teardown
       remove_file(@fifo)
+      remove_file(@link)
       
       @file   = nil
       @dir    = nil