# Rspec crashes if any tests have failed - is this normal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 1, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-crashes-if-any-tests-have-failed-is-this-normal/127792 "2008-02-01T11:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmaxvv)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-crashes-if-any-tests-have-failed-is-this-normal/127792/1 "2008-02-01T11:23:22Z")
I just installed spec (plugin) and rspec\_on\_rails. It seems to work, but if any tests have failed, after doing the report it seems to crash, with this message - 5 examples, 2 failures rake aborted! Command ruby -I"/home/jars/rails/lesson\_planner/branches/max/vendor/plugins/rspec/lib" “/home/jars/rails/lesson\_planner/branches/max/vendor/plugins/rspec/bin/spec” “spec/models/instrument\_name\_spec.rb” --options “/home/jars/rails/lesson\_planner/branches/max/spec/spec.opts” failed Is this normal? It’s a bit disconcerting, making me worry i’ve not got it set up right. thanks max ---
**Author:** ![cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmaxvv)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-crashes-if-any-tests-have-failed-is-this-normal/127792/2 "2008-02-01T11:42:48Z")
no, it’s not normal. we’re using rspec since a few months and had nor trouble like that (sorry, so i can’t help you there. by the way in such cases it may be helpful to post a few details about your setup, os, rails version etc) the only trouble we had are with namespaces, we have to touch part of our specs once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmaxvv)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-crashes-if-any-tests-have-failed-is-this-normal/127792/3 "2008-02-01T11:57:08Z")
Thorsten M. wrote: > no, it’s not normal. we’re using rspec since a few months and had nor > trouble like that (sorry, so i can’t help you there. by the way in such > cases it may be helpful to post a few details about your setup, os, > rails version etc) > the only trouble we had are with namespaces, we have to touch part of > our specs once in a while. Thanks Thorsten - here’s some details in case anyone else can help - I’m using ubuntu linux 7.10 (in a vm in windows) our project is using rails 1.2.3 rspec plugin Version 1.1.3 rspec\_on\_rails - i can’t find the version, but i installed it from this url yesterday if that’s any use: [http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/CURRENT/rspec\_on\_rails](http://rspec.rubyforge.org/svn/tags/CURRENT/rspec_on_rails) ---
**Author:** ![cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@cmaxvv](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmaxvv)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-crashes-if-any-tests-have-failed-is-this-normal/127792/4 "2008-02-01T12:07:18Z")
I managed to fix/work around my problem: if i do > ruby script/spec spec it’s fine, it’s only when i do > rake spec that it crashes when tests fail. Still curious as to why it crashed though…