def test_symlink_relative(self):

       tmpdir = self.tmpdir 

       linkpath = tmpdir.join('test')

       filepath = tmpdir.join('file')

       filepath.write("Hello")

->     linkpath.mksymlinkto(filepath, absolute=False)

       assert linkpath.readlink() == "file"

       assert filepath.read() == linkpath.read()

   def mksymlinkto(self, value, absolute=1):

       """ create a symbolic link with the given value (pointing to another name). """

       if absolute:

           self._callex(os.symlink, str(value), self.strpath)

       else:

->         base = self.common(value)

           # with posix local paths '/' is always a common base

           relsource = self.__class__(value).relto(base)

           reldest = self.relto(base)

           n = reldest.count(self.sep)

           target = self.sep.join(('..', )*n + (relsource, ))

           self._callex(os.symlink, target, self.strpath)