[rspec-users] new to rspec, error running "rake rspec" on debian/etch

[Scott Taylor]

On Nov 13, 2007, at 7:02 PM, David Chelimsky wrote:

> On Nov 13, 2007 5:37 PM, Dan Aronson <dan at catolabs.org> wrote:
>> I have the latest version of rspec and rails-rspec installed.
>
> What specifically did you install? Also what version of rails? Include
> revision numbers if you can.

Also - did you install ruby & rubygems from source, or did you use a  
package manager like dpkg/apt-get ?  Debian is notorious for  
splitting up the ruby packages unnecessarily.

Scott


>
>> I'm using
>> the debian versions of ruby and rails.  On a new project after a
>> generate an "rspec_model" and then try to run "rake spec", I get the
>> following error:
>>
>> dan at dan-server:~/projects/cw/registration$ rake spec
>>
>> (in /home/dan/projects/cw/registration)
>>
>> /home/dan/projects/cw/registration/vendor/plugins/rspec_on_rails/ 
>> lib/spec/rails/extensions/action_controller/rescue.rb:19:  
>> undefined method `alias_method_chai\n' for \
>>
>> ActionController::Rescue:Module (NoMethodError)
>>
>>         from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in  
>> `gem_original_require'
>>
>>         from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in  
>> `require'
>>
>>         from /home/dan/projects/cw/registration/config/../vendor/ 
>> rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/ 
>> dependencies.rb:147:in `require\
>>
>> '
>>
>>         from /home/dan/projects/cw/registration/vendor/plugins/ 
>> rspec_on_rails/lib/spec/rails/extensions.rb:6
>>
>>         from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in  
>> `gem_original_require'
>>
>>         from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in  
>> `require'
>>
>>         from /home/dan/projects/cw/registration/config/../vendor/ 
>> rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/ 
>> dependencies.rb:147:in `require\
>>
>> '
>>
>>         from /home/dan/projects/cw/registration/config/../vendor/ 
>> plugins/rspec_on_rails/lib/spec/rails.rb:17
>>
>>          ... 22 levels...
>>
>>         from /home/dan/projects/cw/registration/vendor/plugins/ 
>> rspec/lib/spec/runner/option_parser.rb:155:in `parse'        from / 
>> home/dan/projects/cw/registration/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/ 
>> runner/option_parser.rb:88:in `create_behaviour_runner'
>>
>>         from /home/dan/projects/cw/registration/vendor/plugins/ 
>> rspec/lib/spec/runner/command_line.rb:14:in `run'
>>
>>         from /home/dan/projects/cw/registration/vendor/plugins/ 
>> rspec/bin/spec:3rake aborted!
>>
>> Command ruby -I"/home/dan/projects/cw/registration/vendor/plugins/ 
>> rspec/lib" "/home/dan/projects/cw/registration/vendor/plugins/ 
>> rspec/bin/spec" "spec/\
>>
>> models/user_spec.rb" --options "/home/dan/projects/cw/registration/ 
>> config/../spec/spec.opts" failed
>>
>> (See full trace by running task with --trace)
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to get around this?
>>
>> --dan
>>
>>
>>
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