OHAI-395: Fail obviously if we can't load plist

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/spec/ohai/plugins/darwin/system_profiler_spec.rb b/spec/ohai/plugins/darwin/system_profiler_spec.rb
index cc892415..6f8207f1 100644
--- a/spec/ohai/plugins/darwin/system_profiler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ohai/plugins/darwin/system_profiler_spec.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../spec_helper.rb')
 require File.expand_path("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/system_profiler_output.rb")
 
+begin
+  require 'plist'
+rescue LoadError => e
+  puts "The darwin systemprofile plugin spec tests will fail without the 'plist' library/gem.\n\n"
+  raise e
+end
+
 describe Ohai::System, "Darwin system_profiler plugin" do
   before(:each) do
     @ohai = Ohai::System.new
@@ -39,4 +46,4 @@ describe Ohai::System, "Darwin system_profiler plugin" do
     @ohai._require_plugin("darwin::system_profiler")
     @ohai['system_profile'][18]["_items"][0]["serial_number"].should == 'ABCDEFG12345'
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end