Specs should pass with all supported options

Gemfile

@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ gem "jquery-rails"
 gem 'sqlite3', '> 1.3.3', :platforms => [:ruby_18, :ruby_19] #:ruby
 gem 'activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter', '>= 1.2.2', :platforms => :jruby
 gem 'jdbc-sqlite3', '>= 3.7.2', :platforms => :jruby
+
+gem "backports"

Gemfile.lock

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
     addressable (2.2.8)
     arel (3.0.2)
+    backports (2.6.1)
     builder (3.0.0)
     capybara (1.1.2)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter (>= 1.2.2)
+  backports
   capybara
   combustion
   database_cleaner (>= 0.7.2)

app/controllers/ib/application_controller.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module Ib
-  class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController 
+  class ApplicationController <
+    defined?(::ApplicationController) ? ::ApplicationController :  ActionController::Base
   end
 end

lib/ib.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ module IB
   def self.db_backed?
     !!defined?(IB::DB)
   end
+
+  def self.rails?
+    !!defined?(Rails) && Rails.respond_to?('env')
+  end
+
 end # module IB
 
 IbRuby = IB
@@ -11,7 +16,7 @@ def self.db_backed?
 # By default there is no DB backend, unless specifically requested
 # require 'ib/db' # to make all IB models database-backed
 
-if defined?(Rails) && Rails.respond_to?('env')
+if IB.rails?
   require 'ib/engine'
 else
   require 'ib/requires'

lib/ib/base.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ def save
 
     alias save! save
 
+    ### Noop methods mocking ActiveRecord::Base macros
+
+    def self.attr_protected *args
+    end
+
+    def self.attr_accessible *args
+    end
+
     ### ActiveRecord::Base association API mocks
 
     def self.belongs_to model, *args

lib/ib/db.rb

@@ -26,6 +26,4 @@ def self.connect config
   end # module DB
 end
 
-# You may just require 'ib/db', it will then auto-require core 'ib' for you
-require 'ib'
 

lib/ib/engine.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module IB
   class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
-    isolate_namespace IB
+    isolate_namespace Ib
 
     #paths["app"]                 # => ["app"]
     #paths["app/controllers"]     # => ["app/controllers"]

spec/my.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# My very specific connection configuration to run specs
+# My very specific IB connection configuration to run the specs
 
 ACCOUNT = 'DU118180'
 HOST = '10.211.55.2'

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@
   }
 end
 
-puts 'Running specs with OPTS:'
-pp OPTS
-
 RSpec.configure do |config|
+
+  puts "Running specs '#{config.pattern}' with OPTS:"
+  pp OPTS
+
   # config.filter = { :focus => true }
   # config.include(UserExampleHelpers)
   # config.mock_with :mocha
@@ -82,14 +83,5 @@
 
     config.include Capybara::DSL,
       :example_group => { :file_path => /\brails_spec\//}
-  else
-    # We need to prevent loading Rails-related spec files unless Rails support was required
-    # However, when spec_helper.rb is first required, we're already inside a
-    # config.load_spec_files cycle
-    p config.pattern
-    p config.files_to_run
-    config.files_to_run = config.files_to_run.reject {|path| path =~ /rails/}
-    p config.files_to_run
-
   end
 end