On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 6:56 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 10, 2010, at 1:18 AM, Michelle Pace wrote:
>
>> Thanks (again) Dave for your reply and the time you've taken.
>>
>> However I think I must be really bad at explaining myself... so I've
>> drawn a picture for you which to show my problem. [One of the
>> requirements in the book is that I have to have ZenTest installed.]
>
> You're explaining yourself just fine. The problem is that you're listening
> 1/2 to the book and 1/2 to me, but you need to just listen to me right now :)
>
> The problem is as follows:
>
> * the book uses ruby-1.8
> * you are using ruby-1.9
> * ruby-1.8 includes "." on the $LOAD_PATH
> * ruby-1.9 does _not_ include "." on the $LOAD_PATH
> * ZenTest-4.4.1 does _not_ add "." to the $LOAD_PATH
> * these last two ^^ mean that if you're using ruby-1.9, rspec-2, and
> ZenTest-4.4.1, the autotest command that ships with ZenTest will not find
> './autotest/discover.rb' and will not load the correct class
> * per the error message you got when you ran autospec, autospec has been
> removed from rspec-2, so you have to use the autotest command
>
> Any of the following combinations _will_ work:
>
> 1) Run the following commands
> $ gem uninstall ZenTest
> $ gem uninstall autotest
> $ gem install autotest -v 4.4.5
> $ autotest
>
> Again, use autotest, not autospec. autotest-4.4.5 is a standalone autotest
> gem that does not require ZenTest. This will work using the
> autotest/discover.rb file because autotest-4.4.5 adds "." to the $LOAD_PATH.
>
> 2)
> $ gem uninstall autotest
> $ gem install ZenTest
>
> At this point you have the book's recommended setup, but the autotest command
> will not see autotest/discover.rb. Your options are:
>
> a) add "." to the $LOAD_PATH yourself
> $ ruby -I . -S autotest
>
> The -I option tells ruby to add its argument ('.') to the command line. The
> -S option tells ruby what script to run (autotest).
>
> b) Use autotest's --style option
> $ autotest --style rspec2
>
> This bypasses the search for autotest/discover.rb (so you can delete it if
> you're using this) and "just works."
>
> There are other options, but I don't want to confuse you any further. I
> really hope this clears things up.
>
> Also, I've reported this issue to the ZenTest project, so there is some
> chance that ZenTest-4.4.2 will add "." to the $LOAD_PATH, at which point the
> material in the book will work as written (except that the file is
> "autotest/discover.rb", not "autotest/.autotest/discover.rb") with ruby-1.9.
>
> Good luck!
FYI - Ryan Davis, in spite of his clear distaste for the approach [1],
just released ZenTest-4.4.2, which fixes this issue.
Cheers,
David
[1]
https://github.com/seattlerb/zentest/commit/e9de80cbc5cca1026197dcb0f3612cf330491556
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
>
>>
>> http://michellepace.com/pics/autospec-problem.jpg
>>
>> Again, any suggestions on how to get this working would really be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Michelle
>>
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> Cheers,
> David
>
>
>
>
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