gistfile1.txt

$ rails -v
Rails 3.0.0.beta

$ gem list
*** LOCAL GEMS ***

abstract (1.0.0)
actionmailer (3.0.0.beta)
actionpack (3.0.0.beta)
activemodel (3.0.0.beta)
activerecord (3.0.0.beta)
activeresource (3.0.0.beta)
activesupport (3.0.0.beta, 2.3.5)
arel (0.2.pre)
builder (2.1.2)
bundler (0.9.5)
erubis (2.6.5)
gemcutter (0.3.0)
i18n (0.3.3)
json_pure (1.2.0)
mail (2.1.2)
memcache-client (1.7.8)
mime-types (1.16)
mongo (0.18.3)
mongo_ext (0.18.3)
nokogiri (1.4.1)
rack (1.1.0)
rack-mount (0.5.0, 0.4.0)
rack-test (0.5.3)
rails (3.0.0.beta)
railties (3.0.0.beta)
rake (0.8.7)
rspec (2.0.0.a6, 2.0.0.a5, 1.3.0)
rspec-core (2.0.0.a6, 2.0.0.a5)
rspec-expectations (2.0.0.a6, 2.0.0.a5)
rspec-mocks (2.0.0.a6, 2.0.0.a5)
rspec-rails (2.0.0.a7, 2.0.0.a6)
rubygems-update (1.3.5)
sqlite3-ruby (1.2.5)
text-format (1.0.0)
text-hyphen (1.0.0)
thor (0.13.1)
tzinfo (0.3.16)
webrat (0.7.0)

rake -T
includes no spec task??

running  a spec explicitly (brought across from a pre rail3 project) fails
$ spec spec/models/qualitative/information_spec.rb 
/home/X/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.1-p378/gems/rubygems-update-1.3.5/lib/rubygems.rb:384:in `bin_path': can't find executable spec for rspec-2.0.0.a6 (Gem::Exception)
	from <internal:gem_prelude>:345:in `method_missing'
	from /home/X/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.1-p378/bin/spec:19:in `<main>'