# Syncing RubySpec and mspec **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [June 29, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syncing-rubyspec-and-mspec/190847 "2010-06-29T06:22:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syncing-rubyspec-and-mspec/190847/1 "2010-06-29T06:22:17Z")
Hey all! I’ve been talking with Jim via email about helping with syncing IronRuby’s copy of RubySpec and mspec with the official repos. I’v started work on pulling in the latest RubySpec changes. These also require the latest mspec. Well, it looks like the default.mspec file is no longer compatible with the latest version of mspec. My integration branch is here: [http://github.com/hotgazpacho/ironruby/tree/from-rubyspec](http://github.com/hotgazpacho/ironruby/tree/from-rubyspec) And the errors I’m getting when running mspec are here: > I have very little knowledge of mspec, and googling for the error brings up older posts from this list saying not to use that version of mspec. So, maybe someone who knows more about it could take a look? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syncing-rubyspec-and-mspec/190847/2 "2010-06-30T04:25:52Z")
That did it. I’ll have to be more careful with merging that particular file in the future. Now, how do I go about updating the tags? Is it the following, or do I need to go through some specs manually? C:\Users\Will\dev\ironruby\External.LCA\_RESTRICTED\Languages\IronRuby\mspec\>mspec tag rubyspec BTW, I get a StackOverflowException on of of the specs, which kills the spec run before they all finish. :-/ – Will G. [http://hotgazpacho.org/](http://hotgazpacho.org/) ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syncing-rubyspec-and-mspec/190847/3 "2010-06-30T01:32:03Z")
Inside of the MSpec in our tree, I have added a filtered method to External.LCA\_RESTRICTED/Languages/IronRuby/mspec/mspec/lib/mspec/utils/script.rb (I believe). You’ll need to get that method merged into your branch to user our config. JD From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Will G. Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:17 PM To: ironruby-core Subject: [Ironruby-core] Syncing RubySpec and mspec Hey all! I’ve been talking with Jim via email about helping with syncing IronRuby’s copy of RubySpec and mspec with the official repos. I’v started work on pulling in the latest RubySpec changes. These also require the latest mspec. Well, it looks like the default.mspec file is no longer compatible with the latest version of mspec. My integration branch is here: [http://github.com/hotgazpacho/ironruby/tree/from-rubyspec](http://github.com/hotgazpacho/ironruby/tree/from-rubyspec) And the errors I’m getting when running mspec are here: > I have very little knowledge of mspec, and googling for the error brings up older posts from this list saying not to use that version of mspec. So, maybe someone who knows more about it could take a look? Thanks! – Will G. [http://hotgazpacho.org/](http://hotgazpacho.org/) ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/syncing-rubyspec-and-mspec/190847/4 "2010-06-30T08:24:00Z")
So, the tags are of 3 classes: · Fails: delete and regenerate (below) · Unstable and thread: leave these alone. They indicate ones that are non-deterministic · Critical: these indicate specs that cause hangs, process teardown, or corrupt future tests (I don’t think we have any of this last one anymore). These must be looked at one by one to see if they still cause a hang, etc. If they do, leave them. If the test successfully fails or passes, you can delete the critical tag and allow it to run as part of the normal regeneration For the rest, you are pretty much right. After doing the above (note, probably use grep to find what files to keep (last 2 points) and delete all other files) run the command: mspec tag -Gcritical -Gunstable -Gthread for whatever break up of Areas you want. In the past I’ve broken down to folder level (core/array, core/dir, etc.), but you should be good just breaking it down to :core, :lib, :lang, :thread and :cli. This command regenerates the new fails tags and creates the necessary folder structure. Finally, run mspec ci which should give a clean pass. If you want to parallelize it, you can kick off mspec ci :core, mspec ci :lib, etc and let each section run on its own. These should have clean runs. JD From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Will G. Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7:19 PM To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Syncing RubySpec and mspec That did it. I’ll have to be more careful with merging that particular file in the future. Now, how do I go about updating the tags? Is it the following, or do I need to go through some specs manually? C:\Users\Will\dev\ironruby\External.LCA\_RESTRICTED\Languages\IronRuby\mspec\>mspec tag rubyspec BTW, I get a StackOverflowException on of of the specs, which kills the spec run before they all finish. :-/ – Will G. [http://hotgazpacho.org/](http://hotgazpacho.org/) On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Jim D. \ wrote: Inside of the MSpec in our tree, I have added a filtered method to External.LCA\_RESTRICTED/Languages/IronRuby/mspec/mspec/lib/mspec/utils/script.rb (I believe). You’ll need to get that method merged into your branch to user our config. JD From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Will G. Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:17 PM To: ironruby-core Subject: [Ironruby-core] Syncing RubySpec and mspec Hey all! I’ve been talking with Jim via email about helping with syncing IronRuby’s copy of RubySpec and mspec with the official repos. I’v started work on pulling in the latest RubySpec changes. These also require the latest mspec. Well, it looks like the default.mspec file is no longer compatible with the latest version of mspec. My integration branch is here: [http://github.com/hotgazpacho/ironruby/tree/from-rubyspec](http://github.com/hotgazpacho/ironruby/tree/from-rubyspec) And the errors I’m getting when running mspec are here: > I have very little knowledge of mspec, and googling for the error brings up older posts from this list saying not to use that version of mspec. So, maybe someone who knows more about it could take a look? Thanks! – Will G. [http://hotgazpacho.org/](http://hotgazpacho.org/) * * * Ironruby-core mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) [http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core](http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core)