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pkg/analyzer_cli/test/driver_test.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2015, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 library analyzer_cli.test.driver;
 
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:analyzer/error/error.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/source/analysis_options_provider.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/source/error_processor.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/src/error/codes.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/src/generated/engine.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/src/generated/source.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/src/services/lint.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/src/summary/idl.dart';
+import 'package:analyzer/src/util/sdk.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer_cli/src/ansi.dart' as ansi;
 import 'package:analyzer_cli/src/driver.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer_cli/src/options.dart';
-import 'package:cli_util/cli_util.dart' show getSdkDir;
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:yaml/src/yaml_node.dart';
 
 import 'utils.dart';
 
 main() {
   StringSink savedOutSink, savedErrorSink;
   int savedExitCode;
   ExitHandler savedExitHandler;
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           path.join(testDirectory, 'data/library_and_parts/part1.dart'),
           path.join(testDirectory, 'data/library_and_parts/part2.dart')
         ]);
         expect(exitCode, 3);
       });
 
       test('bazel workspace relative path', () async {
         // Copy to temp dir so that existing analysis options
         // in the test directory hierarchy do not interfere
         await withTempDirAsync((String tempDirPath) async {
-          String dartSdkPath = path.absolute(getSdkDir(<String>[]).path);
+          String dartSdkPath = path.absolute(getSdkPath());
           await recursiveCopy(
               new Directory(path.join(testDirectory, 'data', 'bazel')),
               tempDirPath);
           Directory origWorkingDir = Directory.current;
           try {
             Directory.current = path.join(tempDirPath, 'proj');
             Driver driver = new Driver();
             try {
               await driver.start([
                 path.join('lib', 'file.dart'),
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 class TestSource implements Source {
   TestSource();
 
   @override
   noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) => super.noSuchMethod(invocation);
 }
 
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