Stop blocking ruby during long-running operations

test/test_lxc_create_asynchronous.rb

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+$:.unshift File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib'))
+
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'lxc'
+require 'test_helpers'
+
+class TestLXCCreateAsynchronous < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  include TestHelpers
+
+  def setup
+    if Process::Sys::geteuid != 0
+      raise 'This test must be ran as root'
+    end
+    @name = 'test_async_create'
+    container = LXC::Container.new(@name)
+    container.destroy if container.defined?
+  end
+
+  def test_create_allows_ruby_to_continue
+    c = LXC::Container.new(@name)
+    assert_long_running_function_does_not_block_ruby do
+      c.create('ubuntu')
+    end
+  end
+end