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-# FIXME
-# there's a spec/ directory in the upstream source.
-# The recommended way to run the RSpec suite is via a rake task.
-# The following commands are enough in many cases and can be adapted to other
-# situations.
-#
-# require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
-#
-# RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
-#  spec.pattern      = './spec/*_spec.rb'
-# end
-#
-# task :default => :spec