I appreciate that this is not an RSpec question, but I wondered if
anyone out there can offer some pointers. We’re using the latest
versions of RSpec and RCov, and ruby --version says this (on the
Ubuntu build server):
We’re getting intermittent (yes, intermittent!) segfaults from the
build when running code coverage.
It works on my (OS X 10.4) machine
I can’t see how to report bugs with RCov - the FAQ ‘your question
here’[1] doesn’t offer my anywhere to type anything. It’s also
suggested elsewhere on the site that you can report issues on the
release notes page[2], and I can see plenty of other peoples’
feedback, but again I can’t see any way to offer any of my own.
I must be missing something really obvious here - can anyone help me
to get in touch with whatever RCov ‘community’ exists?
Failing that - any good resources / tips for working around these
segfault issues - any ‘no go areas’ we can just avoid in our specs? I
noticed, for example, that one of our projects consistently
segfaulted on this line:
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I’ve got a version of rcov up at github (sudo gem install
spicycode-rcov --source=http://gems.github.com/) incorporating many of
the fixes for rcov segfaults. So far none of the old standard
crashes have crept back up. Give it a try and let me know how it
works for you.
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the site that you can report issues on the release notes page[2], and I can
see plenty of other peoples’ feedback, but again I can’t see any way to
offer any of my own.
I must be missing something really obvious here - can anyone help me to get
in touch with whatever RCov ‘community’ exists?
Failing that - any good resources / tips for working around these segfault
issues - any ‘no go areas’ we can just avoid in our specs? I noticed, for
example, that one of our projects consistently segfaulted on this line:
/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib/spec/mocks/message_expectation.rb:41: [BUG]
Segmentation fault
Any pointers greatly appreciated.
