rake test fails due to currency discrepancies

[fletma]

When running the rake test, I get a series of failures such as

Tests run: 31, Failures: 4, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.199 sec <<< FAILURE!
itComputesTheBalanceByAddingSubsequentTransactionAmountsToTheStaleBalance(com.wesabe.api.accounts.entities.tests.AccountTest$A_Manual_Account_With_A_Stale_Balance) Time elapsed: 0.033 sec <<< FAILURE!
java.lang.AssertionError: expected:<US$8.50> but was:<$8.50>

itHasABalanceEqualToTheLastAccountBalance(com.wesabe.api.accounts.entities.tests.AccountTest$A_Manual_Account_Without_A_Cached_Balance) Time elapsed: 0.001 sec <<< FAILURE!
java.lang.AssertionError: expected:<US$10.00> but was:<$10.00>

itIsInUSD(com.wesabe.api.accounts.entities.tests.AccountTest$A_New_Account) Time elapsed: 0.002 sec <<< FAILURE!
java.lang.AssertionError: expected: but was:

I am running this on the latest version of Ubuntu as a fresh install. I am located in Australia.

[tame4tex]

I also get similar failures. Is there a fix for this?

[fletma]

I just resetup my Ubuntu to all American localisations, including currency. Worked ok after that. I don't worki in multiple currencies so it is a reasonable workaround for me.

[tame4tex]

Thanks fletma. I am based in Canada so that looks like the issue. Just changed System -> Administration -> Language & Text -> Text -> Display numbers, dates and currency amounts in the usual formats for:
to "English (United States)"
The rake test passed!
I do use multiple currencies so I guess I'll see if this causes an issue

[st3wart]

And make sure you restart your ubuntu after that