2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 067842fe..94e12f0e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+- mdkapplet
+  o enable to test distro upgrade even when service is disabled
+    through either --testing option or "TEST_DISTRO_UPGRADE=yes" in
+    /etc/sysconfig/mdkapplet
+
 Version 2.57 - 14 October 2008
 
 - mdkapplet
diff --git a/mdkapplet b/mdkapplet
index 8c3a679b..f9e279a5 100755
--- a/mdkapplet
+++ b/mdkapplet
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ sub is_there_a_new_distributions() {
     return if $product_id->{product} =~ /Flash/;
     #- contact the following URL to retrieve the list of released distributions.
     my $type = lc($product_id->{type}); $type =~ s/\s//g;
-    my $list = "http://api.mandriva.com/distributions/$type.$product_id->{arch}.list?product=$product_id->{product}";
+    my $extra_path = $::testing || uc($config{TEST_DISTRO_UPGRADE}) eq 'YES' ? 'testing-' : '';
+    my $list = "http://api.mandriva.com/distributions/$extra_path$type.$product_id->{arch}.list?product=$product_id->{product}";
     log::explanations("trying distributions list from $list");
 
     my @lines = eval {