How to test declarative_authorization with rspec

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Published on 2010-03-29T18:17:41Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 22:13 UTC
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Is there a way to test the declarative_authorization permissions with respect?

In the documentation it has some instructions to use test unit, but I can't seem to find a way to use rspec.

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