reduced time to run specs by waiting for webrick server (from thomasfl)

spec/integration/net_dav_spec.rb

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   before(:all) do
     # Start webdav server in subprocess
     @pid = fork do
-      webdav_server(:port => 10080,:authentication => false)
+      webdav_server(:port => 10080, :authentication => false)
     end
     # Wait for webdavserver to start
-    sleep(10)
+    wait_for_server("http://localhost:10080/")
   end
 
   it "should create a Net::Dav object" do

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@
 
 end
 
+# Wait for webdav server to start up
+def wait_for_server(address)
+  server_running = false
+  dav = Net::DAV.new(address)
+  count = 0
+  while(not(server_running))
+    begin
+      sleep(0.1)
+      props = dav.propfind("/").to_s
+      if(props.match(/200 OK/))
+        server_running = true
+      else
+        warn "Webdav server should return \"200 OK\" "
+        exit(1)
+      end
+    rescue
+      count += 1
+      puts "Server not running. Retrying..." if ((count % 10) == 0)
+    end
+  end
+  dav = nil
+end
+
 # Profind helper. Returns properties or error
 def find_props_or_error(dav, path)
   begin