From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2006-01-11T23:18:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Testing Gems

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:45:04 -0000, Caleb Tennis <caleb@aei-tech.com>  
wrote:

> According to http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20#test_files, the
> test_files section of the gemspec file lists test files that are loaded  
> "when
> the user requests a gem to be unit tested".
>
> Is there a gem command to run the tests?  I can't see one listed in the  
> help,
> but I may just be missing it.
>

Try something like:

	$ gem install --test somegem

There is detail with:

	$ gem help install
	$ gem help examples

If the tests succeed, there's no output (at least by default?) but they do  
run if they're there (after Rdoc I think).

Cheers,

-- 
Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk