rack_test_rails-2.3.8_compat.rb

# Łukasz Piestrzeniewicz wrote this patch

require 'rack/test' 
require 'rack/test/cookie_jar' 
Rack::Test::CookieJar.class_eval do 
  def merge(raw_cookies, uri = nil) 
    return unless raw_cookies 
    raw_cookies = raw_cookies.split("\n") if raw_cookies.is_a? String 
    raw_cookies.reject! {|raw_cookie| raw_cookie.blank?} 
    raw_cookies.each do |raw_cookie| 
      cookie = ::Rack::Test::Cookie.new(raw_cookie, uri, 
@default_host) 
      self << cookie if cookie.valid?(uri) 
    end 
  end 
end 

nice one, thanks

as noted, was found by one Lukasz, but figured I'd share.

Word :)