diff -r 56cd8111b7f7 -r 41300fa6a67c tests/auto/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp
--- a/tests/auto/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp	Tue Jan 26 12:42:25 2010 +0200
+++ b/tests/auto/qstring/tst_qstring.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:43:10 2010 +0200
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@
     void repeatedSignature() const;
     void repeated() const;
     void repeated_data() const;
+    void task262677remove();
 };
 
 typedef QList<int> IntList;
@@ -4669,6 +4670,14 @@
         << 4;
 }
 
+void tst_QString::task262677remove()
+{
+    QString driveName = QLatin1String("V:\\blahblah\\more_blahblah\\");
+    driveName.remove(2, INT_MAX); // should be "V:" - instead, it's "V::\\blahblah\\more_blahblah\\"
+    QVERIFY(driveName == QLatin1String("V:"));
+}
+
+
 QTEST_APPLESS_MAIN(tst_QString)
 
 #include "tst_qstring.moc"