Alternative approach. Using ruby's test/unit

test/integration/test_noop.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# this test does nothing
+# it's, in a way, a test of the integration testing framework
+
+class Noop < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_tt
+    puts 'run'
+    assert true
+    assert_equal 1, 1
+  end
+end