1 files changed, 20 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/file/stat/birthtime_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/file/stat/birthtime_spec.rb
index c2ccc319f1..728f635397 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/file/stat/birthtime_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/file/stat/birthtime_spec.rb
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
-require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
 
-describe "File::Stat#birthtime" do
-  before :each do
-    @file = tmp('i_exist')
-    touch(@file) { |f| f.write "rubinius" }
-  end
+platform_is(:windows, :darwin, :freebsd, :netbsd,
+            *ruby_version_is("4.0") { :linux },
+           ) do
+  not_implemented_messages = [
+    "birthtime() function is unimplemented", # unsupported OS/version
+    "birthtime is unimplemented",            # unsupported filesystem
+  ]
 
-  after :each do
-    rm_r @file
-  end
+  describe "File::Stat#birthtime" do
+    before :each do
+      @file = tmp('i_exist')
+      touch(@file) { |f| f.write "rubinius" }
+    end
 
-  platform_is :windows, :darwin, :freebsd, :netbsd do
-    it "returns the birthtime of a File::Stat object" do
-      st = File.stat(@file)
-      st.birthtime.should be_kind_of(Time)
-      st.birthtime.should <= Time.now
+    after :each do
+      rm_r @file
     end
-  end
 
-  platform_is :linux, :openbsd do
-    it "raises an NotImplementedError" do
+    it "returns the birthtime of a File::Stat object" do
       st = File.stat(@file)
-      lambda { st.birthtime }.should raise_error(NotImplementedError)
+      st.birthtime.should.is_a?(Time)
+      st.birthtime.should <= Time.now
+    rescue NotImplementedError => e
+      e.message.should.start_with?(*not_implemented_messages)
     end
   end
 end