1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
index 3f6c93e860..c072a8e646 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
@@ -229,11 +229,15 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
       end
 
       def load(file, *)
-        load_dependency(file) { super }
+        result = false
+        load_dependency(file) { result = super }
+        result
       end
 
       def require(file, *)
-        load_dependency(file) { super }
+        result = false
+        load_dependency(file) { result = super }
+        result
       end
 
       # Mark the given constant as unloadable. Unloadable constants are removed each
@@ -417,7 +421,8 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
     end
 
     def load_once_path?(path)
-      autoload_once_paths.any? { |base| path.starts_with? base }
+      # to_s works around a ruby1.9 issue where #starts_with?(Pathname) will always return false
+      autoload_once_paths.any? { |base| path.starts_with? base.to_s }
     end
 
     # Attempt to autoload the provided module name by searching for a directory