--- a/tests/test-filebranch	Thu Mar 20 14:14:15 2008 -0500
+++ b/tests/test-filebranch	Thu Mar 20 15:59:54 2008 -0500
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 hg commit -m "branch b" -d "1000000 0"
 
 echo "we shouldn't have anything but n state here"
-hg debugstate --nodates
+hg debugstate --nodates | grep -v "^n"
 
 echo merging
 hg pull ../a