From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2005-08-30T11:44:32+09:00
Subject: Re: unit testing DRb server


On 29 Aug 2005, at 17:35, Joe Van Dyk wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to test a class that starts a DRb server.  I have a stop
> method in the class that does a @drb_thread.kill.  But when I try to
> start the DRb server up again, it's throwing an exception:
> #<Errno::EADDRINUSE: Address already in use - bind(2)>
>
> Any way around that?  Do I need to wait a couple seconds between each
> run for the port to clear up?

Do you really need to test it via DRb?  Why not just call the methods  
on the front object the regular way and have a single separate test  
that makes sure the DRb service gets started correctly?

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