3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/test/abstract_unit.rb b/activerecord/test/abstract_unit.rb
index dbab4b0e80..c798383e6d 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/abstract_unit.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/abstract_unit.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../activesupport/lib')
 
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'active_record'
diff --git a/activerecord/test/connections/native_sqlite/connection.rb b/activerecord/test/connections/native_sqlite/connection.rb
index db688bdb70..e702006bc2 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/connections/native_sqlite/connection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/connections/native_sqlite/connection.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ require 'fixtures/course'
 require 'logger'
 ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new("debug.log")
 
+class SqliteError < StandardError
+end
+
 BASE_DIR = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../fixtures')
 sqlite_test_db  = "#{BASE_DIR}/fixture_database.sqlite"
 sqlite_test_db2 = "#{BASE_DIR}/fixture_database_2.sqlite"
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ def make_connection(clazz, db_file, db_definitions_file)
     puts "SQLite database not found at #{db_file}. Rebuilding it."
     sqlite_command = "sqlite #{db_file} 'create table a (a integer); drop table a;'"
     puts "Executing '#{sqlite_command}'"
-    `#{sqlite_command}`
+    raise SqliteError.new("Seems that there is no sqlite executable available") unless system(sqlite_command)
     clazz.establish_connection(
         :adapter => "sqlite",
         :dbfile  => db_file)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/connections/native_sqlite3/connection.rb b/activerecord/test/connections/native_sqlite3/connection.rb
index 573d942716..640a2b97f5 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/connections/native_sqlite3/connection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/connections/native_sqlite3/connection.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ print "Using native SQLite3\n"
 require 'fixtures/course'
 require 'logger'
 ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new("debug.log")
-ActiveRecord::Base.logger.level = Logger::DEBUG
+
+class SqliteError < StandardError
+end
 
 BASE_DIR = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../fixtures')
 sqlite_test_db  = "#{BASE_DIR}/fixture_database.sqlite3"
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ def make_connection(clazz, db_file, db_definitions_file)
     puts "SQLite3 database not found at #{db_file}. Rebuilding it."
     sqlite_command = "sqlite3 #{db_file} 'create table a (a integer); drop table a;'"
     puts "Executing '#{sqlite_command}'"
-    `#{sqlite_command}`
+    raise SqliteError.new("Seems that there is no sqlite3 executable available") unless system(sqlite_command)
     clazz.establish_connection(
         :adapter => "sqlite3",
         :dbfile  => db_file)