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diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/pub_static_array.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/pub_static_array.rs
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+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+pub static ARRAY: &'static [u8] = &[1];
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/static-array-across-crate.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/static-array-across-crate.rs
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+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// aux-build:pub_static_array.rs
+
+extern crate "pub_static_array" as array;
+
+use array::ARRAY;
+
+static X: &'static u8 = &ARRAY[0];
+//~^ ERROR: cannot refer to the interior of another static, use a constant
+
+pub fn main() {}