undefined method `configure' when running rake spec:rcov

[kerryb]

After upgrading from 2.0.0.rc to 2.0.0, rake spec:rcov no longer works on my Rails 3 project. I see the following stack trace:

/Users/kerry/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@portico/ruby/1.8/gems/rspec-rails-2.0.0/lib/rspec/rails.rb:11: undefined method `configure' for RSpec:Module (NoMethodError)
  from /Users/kerry/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@portico/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:239:in `require'
  from /Users/kerry/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@portico/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:239:in `require'
  from /Users/kerry/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@portico/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:227:in `load_dependency'
  from /Users/kerry/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@portico/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:239:in `require'
  from /Users/kerry/work/vdc/portico/spec/spec_helper.rb:4
  from ./spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb:1:in `require'
  from ./spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb:1
  from /Users/kerry/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@portico/ruby/1.8/gems/rcov-0.9.9/bin/rcov:516:in `load'
  from /Users/kerry/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@portico/ruby/1.8/gems/rcov-0.9.9/bin/rcov:516
  from /Users/kerry/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@portico/ruby/1.8/bin/rcov:19:in `load'
  from /Users/kerry/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@portico/ruby/1.8/bin/rcov:19

Here is my Gemfile:

source "http://rubygems.org"

gem "rails", "3.0.0"

gem "crowd"
gem "formtastic"
gem "flutie"
gem "pg"

# Bundle gems for the local environment. Make sure to
# put test-only gems in this group so their generators
# and rake tasks are available in development mode:
group :development, :test do
  gem "autotest"
  gem "autotest-growl"
  gem "capybara"
  gem "cucumber-rails", "0.3.2"
  gem "database_cleaner"
  gem "factory_girl_rails"
  gem "factory_girl_generator"
  gem "launchy"
  gem "rcov"
  gem "rspec-rails"
  gem "spork"
  gem "shoulda"
  gem "webmock", :require => nil
  gem "wirble"
end

[dchelimsky]

require 'rspec/core' before using RSpec.configure

• Closed by 0115007.

[dchelimsky]

Until rspec-rails-2.0.1 is released, just add require 'rspec/core' before require 'rspec/rails' in spec/spec_helper.rb and you should be OK.

[kerryb]

Thanks David, that works a treat.

[leehambley]

I have this same problem, similar backtrace, not resolved by requiring rspec/core … any advice?

[dchelimsky]

@leehambley - requiring rspec/core fixes it - you just need to do it in the right place. Where are you requiring rspec/core?

[leehambley]

@dchelimsky I recognise now I had :require => 'rspec/rails' in my gemfile - which naturally wouldn't work until SHA:0115007 lands; my mistake for replying here before exhausting my options of search.

[dchelimsky]

@leehambley - so you've got it working now?

[leehambley]

@dchelimsky yes thank you, maybe something you could clear up in the docs about using rspec/rails with bundler, not to do the require in there, rather in your spec_helper. I have no only a problem with not finding which file to include to get the Rake tasks, but that's a whole other issue!

Thanks for the responses on here.