3 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
index 5a71935009..a43296461b 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/base.rb
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
       end
 
       def template_root=(root)
-        write_inheritable_attribute(:template_root, ActionView::PathSet.new(Array(root)))
+        root = ActionView::PathSet::Path.new(root) if root.is_a?(String)
+        write_inheritable_attribute(:template_root, root)
       end
     end
 
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
       end
 
       def render_message(method_name, body)
-        render :file => method_name, :body => body, :use_full_path => true
+        render :file => method_name, :body => body
       end
 
       def render(opts)
@@ -537,7 +538,6 @@ module ActionMailer #:nodoc:
         if opts[:file] && opts[:file] !~ /\//
           opts[:file] = "#{mailer_name}/#{opts[:file]}"
         end
-        opts[:use_full_path] = true
         initialize_template_class(body).render(opts)
       end
 
diff --git a/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb b/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb
index 11058a770d..107b2e8bbe 100644
--- a/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -30,12 +30,20 @@ class Net::SMTP
   end
 end
 
-# Wrap tests that use Mocha and skip if unavailable.
-def uses_mocha(test_name)
-  gem 'mocha', ">=0.9.0"
+def uses_gem(gem_name, test_name, version = '> 0')
+  require 'rubygems'
+  gem gem_name.to_s, version
+  require gem_name.to_s
   yield
-rescue Gem::LoadError
-  $stderr.puts "Skipping #{test_name} tests (Mocha >= 0.5 is required). `gem install mocha` and try again."
+rescue LoadError
+  $stderr.puts "Skipping #{test_name} tests. `gem install #{gem_name}` and try again."
+end
+
+# Wrap tests that use Mocha and skip if unavailable.
+unless defined? uses_mocha
+  def uses_mocha(test_name, &block)
+    uses_gem('mocha', test_name, '>= 0.5.5', &block)
+  end
 end
 
 def set_delivery_method(delivery_method)
diff --git a/actionmailer/test/mail_service_test.rb b/actionmailer/test/mail_service_test.rb
index 7f4a8817ca..e5ecb0e254 100755
--- a/actionmailer/test/mail_service_test.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/test/mail_service_test.rb
@@ -942,13 +942,13 @@ end # uses_mocha
 class InheritableTemplateRootTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_attr
     expected = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/fixtures/path.with.dots"
-    assert_equal [expected], FunkyPathMailer.template_root.map(&:to_s)
+    assert_equal expected, FunkyPathMailer.template_root
 
     sub = Class.new(FunkyPathMailer)
     sub.template_root = 'test/path'
 
-    assert_equal ['test/path'], sub.template_root.map(&:to_s)
-    assert_equal [expected], FunkyPathMailer.template_root.map(&:to_s)
+    assert_equal 'test/path', sub.template_root
+    assert_equal expected, FunkyPathMailer.template_root
   end
 end