--- a/tests/auto/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp	Wed Jun 23 19:07:03 2010 +0300
+++ b/tests/auto/qurl/tst_qurl.cpp	Tue Jul 06 15:10:48 2010 +0300
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@
     void fromUserInput();
     void task_199967();
     void task_240612();
+    void taskQTBUG_6962();
 
 #ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
     void dirPath();
@@ -3903,5 +3904,13 @@
         << QUrl::fromEncoded("http://www.foo.com:8080/newfile.html");
 }
 
+void tst_QUrl::taskQTBUG_6962()
+{
+    //bug 6962: empty authority ignored by setAuthority
+    QUrl url("http://example.com/something");
+    url.setAuthority(QString());
+    QCOMPARE(url.authority(), QString());
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QUrl)
 #include "tst_qurl.moc"