From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2003-02-12T16:05:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Test::Unit exit status


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nathaniel@NOSPAMtalbott.ws (nathaniel@NOSPAMtalbott.ws) wrote:

> Bil Kleb [mailto:William.L.Kleb@NASA.Gov] wrote:
>=20
> > The version of testunit that I'm using doesn't appear to=20
> > return a non-zero exit status when it finds failures or errors.
> >=20
> > Does a newer version set this, or does anyone have a patch
> > to do this?  (I haven't browsed the source yet...)
>=20
> Is there a way to set the exit status besides Kernel#exit(<status>)? The
> difficulty is that the runners do not (and should not) explicitly exit.
> One way around this is to do the following in the test you're running:
>=20
>   exit(1)
> unless(Test::Unit::UI::Console::TestRunner.start(MyTestSuite).passed?)
>=20
> The other facet of this is automatic running via #at_exit, and I don't
> think I can do anything there, either. The problem is that calling #exit
> from an #at_exit block doesn't set the exit status (I guess because
> #at_exit blocks happen after the official exit of the program).
>=20
> I'd love to hear about other possibilities...

How about not using at_exit, and instead using oh, say,
zentestrunner.rb...

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