[rspec-users] [rspec-rails] spec vs. autospec

[Andy Koch]

Thanks Andrew,

That was the right hint.

I took the autospec command list of all specs and ran them in smaller
groups - which led to discovering a Declarative Auth config switch
that was heretofore isolated.  Apparently in the new version of this
gem it does not get reset between tests.

Once I removed those WMD's of auth control all my tests returned to
normal.

Another lesson learned, muchas gracias.

regards,
Andy

On Dec 5, 2:11 am, Andrew Premdas <aprem... at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/12/4 Andy Koch <andy.k... at pc-doctor.com>
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > any reason why some tests might pass via spec ... and fail from within
> > autospec?
>
> > I have a rails app using AuthLogic and Declarative Authorization.  I
> > have tests that create user_sessions and assign roles against which
> > CRUD rules are tested.
>
> > This has bee working just fine.
>
> > But this morning I updated the Declarative Auth gem and suddenly
> > started seeing failing tests.  I immediately blamed DA, or really my
> > usage of it.  But then I started running the spec files individually
> > via "spec ..." commands and everything started passing - which was
> > actually more disturbing for me.
>
> > so now I wonder what autospec might be doing that is different from
> > straight "spec ..." commands?
>
> > when I run "rake spec" they fail just like in autospec - there's some
> > comforting consistency, failing tests notwithstanding.
>
> > thanks for any insights
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> Generally this indicates a problem with one spec interfering with another.
> Run separately the specs run fine, because the state is completely reset
> between each run. However run together (and this can be order dependent,
> just to add to the confusion) and they break. Debugging this can be quite
> tricky, monitoring the test database, and the test.log should help. However
> generally I find that you just have to pay real close attention to any specs
> that create any sort of permanent artifact, and any specs that rely on there
> being a certain number of artifacts e.g. the first role.
>
> All best
>
> Andrew
>
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