Rake TestTask Hangs

Here’s the test task in my rake file. Works on Windows, but not on my Mac. It just hangs. What’s the problem?

Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
  t.libs << "./app;./test"
  t.test_files = FileList['test/test*.rb']
  t.verbose = true
end

Two hours later, I tell you that I need this on my Mac.

Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
  t.libs << "./app:./test"
  t.test_files = FileList['test/test*.rb']
  t.verbose = true
end

See the difference? Semi-colon…colon…Wow…

6 Responses to “Rake TestTask Hangs”

Robert Fischer on August 11th, 2007 3:48 pm

Does Rake have some kind of OS-sensitive path-maker function? That’s the kind of difficult-to-debug problem which could really use some abstraction…
kirk on August 13th, 2007 2:31 am

Obviously not that I know of…:-). I made the same mistake in Java a while back with the file separator, and quickly changed my code to use the system property instead of hardcoding the back/forward slash.
Bruce Williams on August 20th, 2007 2:10 am

IIRC, Ruby automatically converts file path separators for file operations (so using / vs \ isn’t a problem and there’s no need to use File::SEPARATOR).

As to this problem — I’ve never seen someone try a colon/semicolon, environment variable style — I’m more surprised it worked at all (since it’s $: that’s being modified). I’d use t.libs += %w(app lib), and skip the ./s, since they’re superfluous.
Bruce Williams on August 20th, 2007 2:12 am

I meant t.libs += %w(app test), obviously
kirk on August 21st, 2007 1:26 pm

Bruce,

I’m pretty sure I picked up the syntax from the Pickaxe book. While I enjoy Ruby, I’m no expert, so thanx for the tip on a better way of doing things.
Bruce Williams on August 22nd, 2007 9:36 pm

Kirk, np

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