Autotest fails with "undefined method 'configure' for RSpec:Module"

[dbackeus]

Though working about a week ago autotest currently fails with the following message:

/Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rspec-rails-ecc85494c7a36ef96e6fae06cbac27505f02dc64-273e1249d69c348b8e4c5a273447a247fe8ac328/lib/rspec/rails/transactional_database_support.rb:37: undefined method `configure' for RSpec:Module (NoMethodError)
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rails-16a5e918a06649ffac24fd5873b875daf66212ad-c53683595749dcfa223802669237480ac9ebc17f/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:209:in `require'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rails-16a5e918a06649ffac24fd5873b875daf66212ad-c53683595749dcfa223802669237480ac9ebc17f/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:209:in `require'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rails-16a5e918a06649ffac24fd5873b875daf66212ad-c53683595749dcfa223802669237480ac9ebc17f/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:197:in `load_dependency'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rails-16a5e918a06649ffac24fd5873b875daf66212ad-c53683595749dcfa223802669237480ac9ebc17f/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:209:in `require'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rspec-rails-ecc85494c7a36ef96e6fae06cbac27505f02dc64-273e1249d69c348b8e4c5a273447a247fe8ac328/lib/rspec/rails.rb:6
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rails-16a5e918a06649ffac24fd5873b875daf66212ad-c53683595749dcfa223802669237480ac9ebc17f/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:209:in `require'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rails-16a5e918a06649ffac24fd5873b875daf66212ad-c53683595749dcfa223802669237480ac9ebc17f/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:209:in `require'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rails-16a5e918a06649ffac24fd5873b875daf66212ad-c53683595749dcfa223802669237480ac9ebc17f/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:197:in `load_dependency'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/bundler/gems/rails-16a5e918a06649ffac24fd5873b875daf66212ad-c53683595749dcfa223802669237480ac9ebc17f/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:209:in `require'
from /Users/druiden/development/rails/streamio/spec/spec_helper.rb:5
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p249/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p249/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /Users/druiden/development/rails/streamio/spec/original_movie_stategies/cloud_front_spec.rb:1
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p249/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p249/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/gems/rspec-core-2.0.0.beta.8/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:233:in `require_files_to_run'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/gems/rspec-core-2.0.0.beta.8/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:233:in `map'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/gems/rspec-core-2.0.0.beta.8/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:233:in `require_files_to_run'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/gems/rspec-core-2.0.0.beta.8/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:37:in `configure'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/gems/rspec-core-2.0.0.beta.8/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:24:in `run'
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/gems/rspec-core-2.0.0.beta.8/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:12
from /Users/druiden/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p249/gems/rspec-core-2.0.0.beta.8/bin/rspec:2

Running "rake specs" still works without problems.

I'm using todays rails edge with all the rspec gems also on edge.

[dchelimsky]

Autotest likes Rspec, not RSpec

Closed by b4052347d53fdd86e87f9c0a8408e742d3afdc24.

[dbackeus]

Thanks!

[dbackeus]

Actually after testing I still get the same error.

It seems RSpec::Core is not available even after the require 'rspec/core' in rails.rb (puts RSpec::Core on the line just after the require crashes cause it cannot find the constant). I can't figure out why. It's there when raking but not when autotesting.

[dchelimsky]

That was incidental - I just moved that in the process of solving the problem. The real problem was related to the conversion from Rspec to RSpec. After I fixed it, I had to uninstall all of the beta gems and rebuild them from git HEAD and re-install them before it worked. Please try that and see if it helps.

[dbackeus]

The problem was due to me using Bundler for RSpec and not system gems. I finally found the easiest way to patch rspec was to add the following lines in rspec-core/bin/rspec:

require 'bundler' Bundler.setup

[kristianmandrup]

$ AUTOFEATURE=true autotest loading autotest/cucumber_rails_rspec2 Error loading Autotest style autotest/cucumber_rails_rspec2 (no such file to load -- autotest/rails_rspec2). Aborting.

What should go in this 'cucumber_rails_rspec2' file or is there another solution?

I tried resolving it by installing autotest-rails, but didn't work:

http://groups.google.com/group/cukes/browse_thread/thread/7764eafe40c866fb

I have the rspec 2.0.0.beta11 gems and the latest cucumber and cucumber-rails all installed both as system gems and in my app using Bundler. Could this be the problem?

Thanks.

Kristian

[dchelimsky]

Just to document, the underlying problem is that autotest decides what class to load by searching for any autotest/discover.rb files anywhere on the load path, each of which is responsible to provide a name to autotest.

In this case it's picking up the autotest/discover.rb file in the project, which adds "rspec2" to the list of names. It also picks up the cucumber-rails' autotest/discover.rb, which adds "cucumber" to the list of names if AUTOFEATURE=true. Then autotest itself sees the config directory and adds "rails" to its own list. The result is the names cucumber, rails, and rspec2 are concat'ed to "cucumber_rails_rspec2" but nobody is supplying that file because rspec provides rails_rspec2 and cucumber provides cucumber_rails (I think).

Not sure what the right solution here is.

[kristianmandrup]

Looking at the cucumber 0.8.0 source, I see there is a 'cucumber_rails_rspec2' file. I find the 'rails-rspec2' file in rspec-rails 2.0.0.beta11.

It turns out that I need to install both as system gems, then it works. I had the rspec-rails 2.b11 gem only as a bundled gem. I think it would be nice with some kind of notice on this issue, maybe as a notice.txt file in the generated autotest folder or sth.?

[dchelimsky]

D'oh! I don't think a notice is necessary - it's really just a matter of how Rails-3 works. DHH talked about this in his keynote - that we're all going to have a little pain while we get used to the fact that every gem we're using needs to be listed in the Gemfile.