anchor.diff:      ct:pal("Scalaris has booted with ~p nodes..~n", [Size]),
       Pid.
   
  +%% @doc Stops a ring previously started with make_ring/1 or make_ring_with_ids/1.
  +-spec stop_ring() -> ok.
  +stop_ring() ->
  +    stop_ring(erlang:whereis(ct_test_ring)).
  +
  +%% @doc Stops a ring previously started with make_ring/1 or make_ring_with_ids/1
  +%%      when the process' pid is known.
   -spec stop_ring(pid()) -> ok.
   stop_ring(Pid) ->
       try
  
positive.code:             exit(Pid, kill),
              wait_for_process_to_die(Pid),
              stop_pid_groups(),
              ok
          end
      catch
  
negative.code: -vsn('$Id$').
  
  -export([fix_cwd/0,
           make_ring_with_ids/1, make_ring/1, stop_ring/0, stop_ring/1,
           stop_pid_groups/0,
           check_ring_size/1,
           wait_for_stable_ring/0, wait_for_stable_ring_deep/0,
           start_process/1, start_process/2,
  