[test] ensure that api configuration got written to the backend in te…

…st suite

src/api/script/start_test_backend

@@ -124,6 +124,31 @@ reposrv = Thread.new do
   end
 end
 
+while !dienow
+  puts 'Connecting to srcserver...'
+  begin
+    Net::HTTP.start(CONFIG['source_host'], CONFIG['source_port']) { |http| http.get('/') }
+  rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ENETUNREACH
+    sleep 0.5
+    next
+  end
+  break
+end
+
+while !dienow
+  puts 'Connecting to repserver...'
+  begin
+    Net::HTTP.start(CONFIG['source_host'], 3201) { |http| http.get('/') }
+  rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ENETUNREACH
+    sleep 0.5
+    next
+  end
+  break
+end
+
+# ensure that backend is in sync with api fixtures
+Suse::Backend.put('/configuration', Configuration.first.render_xml)
+
 puts 'Starting backend serviceserver...'
 servicesrv = Thread.new do
   servicesrv_out = IO.popen("cd #{Rails.root}/tmp/backend_config; exec perl #{perlopts} ./bs_service 2>&1")
@@ -154,28 +179,6 @@ publishsrv = Thread.new do
   end
 end
 
-while !dienow
-  puts 'Connecting to srcserver...'
-  begin
-    Net::HTTP.start(CONFIG['source_host'], CONFIG['source_port']) { |http| http.get('/') }
-  rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ENETUNREACH
-    sleep 0.5
-    next
-  end
-  break
-end
-
-while !dienow
-  puts 'Connecting to repserver...'
-  begin
-    Net::HTTP.start(CONFIG['source_host'], 3201) { |http| http.get('/') }
-  rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ENETUNREACH
-    sleep 0.5
-    next
-  end
-  break
-end
-
 while !dienow
   puts 'Connecting to serviceserver...'
   begin

src/api/test/functional/configurations_controller_test.rb

@@ -70,7 +70,5 @@ def test_show_and_update_configuration
                    :tag => "arch", :content => "i586"
     assert_no_xml_tag :parent => { :tag => "schedulers" },
                    :tag => "arch", :content => "s390x"
-    get '/configuration'
-    assert_response :success
   end
 end