[Rails] uninitialized constant Test (NameError)

Tom Mornini
Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:16:53 -0000

Thank you *so* much.

That was *exactly* the problem.

Weird error message, that!

--
-- Tom Mornini


On Feb 2, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Maurice Codik wrote:

> Hey Tom,
>
> I faced this same problem recently as well. It turns out that I had
> a require in app/controllers/application.rb that wasn''t finding
the
> file, and was causing an exception to be thrown. Somehow, this got
> in the way of loading ''test/unit.'' (Oddly enough, the
tests all
> worked fine on windows. It turns out my bug was related to the fact
> that filenames on unix are case sensitive, but they aren''t on
> windows!).
>
> I dont think thats the exact same problem with yours, since its
> failing on a unit test, not a functional test, but it may be a
> similar type of error.
>
> Try running ''rake test_units --trace'' to see if you can
find a more
> useful error message.
>
> Maurice
>
> On 2/2/06, Tom Mornini <tmornini@infomania.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Kent.
>
> Notice that 2 of 3 apps can run unit tests just fine. :-)
>
> --
> -- Tom Mornini
>
>
> On Feb 2, 2006, at 10:10 AM, Kent Sibilev wrote:
>
> > If you run debian or debian-based distribution like Ubuntu, make
> sure
> > that you have unit test package installed (libtest-unit-ruby).
> >
> > Kent.
> >
> > On 2/2/06, Tom Mornini <tmornini@infomania.com> wrote:
> >> I have three Rails apps on my laptop.
> >>
> >> Two can runs tests just fine.
> >>
> >> The third generates this error when I try to run any tests:
> >>
> >>> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.5/lib/
> >>> active_support/dependencies.rb:200:in
`const_missing'':
> >>> uninitialized constant Test (NameError)
> >>>         from ./test/unit/../test_helper.rb:5
> >>>         from ./test/unit/album_test.rb:1
> >>>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.6.2/lib/
> rake/
> >>> rake_test_loader.rb:5
> >>>         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.6.2/lib/
> rake/
> >>> rake_test_loader.rb:5
> >>
> >> I found this reference on Google, which seems related, but no
> answer
> >> was provided:
> >>
> >> http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/2006-January/
> 009628.html
> >>
> >> I get the same error whether I run a single test at a time or a
> full
> >> rake set.
> >>
> >> I''ve checked config files, and all seems OK.
> >>
> >> I''m *really* pulling my hair out on this. Any help would
be
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> --
> >> -- Tom Mornini
> >>
> >>
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