I've finally managed to solve this one. I got the hosting support guys to add PermitUserEnvironment yes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
Then created ~/.ssh/environment with: GEM_PATH=/home/myuser/gems:/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 GEM_HOME=/home/myuser/gems and now capistrano can see my gems. - Chris On Sep 20, 10:34 am, Drinkingbird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still having problems with this one. > > I tried adding GEM_PATH to the default_environment array, but it > didn't seem to have any effect. > > Are there certain circumstances under which these settings just won't > take hold? From what I've turned up in searching for the solution to > this problem, it seems there's a fair bit of inconsistency between > webhosts. > > Actually, I may as well ask. Has anyone solved this sort of problem > for deploying apps to Site5 hosting accounts? > > - Chris > > On Sep 18, 6:22 am, "Jamis Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm afraid I've never configured an alternative gem path, so I'm not > > speaking from direct experience here. But if it simply requires a new > > GEM_PATH environment variable, you can simply do this in your > > config/deploy.rb: > > > default_environment["GEM_PATH"] = "/first/path:/second/path:..." > > > In other words, set the complete GEM_PATH. > > > - Jamis > > > On 9/16/07, Drinkingbird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The variable isn't set in either of those files. > > > > I should have been clear in the first post that I've set the gem path > > > in the rails app environment, and that is working within the app, so I > > > know that the gem is properly installed. > > > > I've also tried setting the gem path in ~/.ssh/environment, with no > > > luck. > > > > So, what is the proper way to set the remote gem path in capistrano? > > > > - Chris > > > > On Sep 16, 12:52 am, "Jamis Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Where are you setting the ENV['GEM_PATH'] bit? In the rakefile? Or in > > > > your capfile? > > > > > I'd be interested to see whether the cap 2.1 pre-release works for you > > > > here. > > > > > - Jamis > > > > > On 9/13/07, Drinkingbird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've been using capistrano with no issues, deploying a particular app > > > > > for a while now. > > > > > > Recently I started using ferret to provide search functionality fort > > > > > the site, and things have come a bit unstuck. > > > > > > When I run the deploy:migrations task, I get this: > > > > > > ** [out :: mysite.com] rake aborted! > > > > > ** [out :: mysite.com] > > > > > ** [out :: mysite.com] no such file to load -- ferret > > > > > > although the plain deploy task works, as does "rake db:migrate" > > > > > through SSH. > > > > > > Ferret is installed in a slightly unusual way on the server. I've > > > > > change the GEM_HOME on the server to /home/myuser/gems, and added the > > > > > directory to the gem path. > > > > > > I've also added this directory to the ENV['GEM_PATH'] variable. > > > > > > It seems that for some reason my custom gem path isn't being searched > > > > > when the migrations are run through capistrano. Is there any way to > > > > > specify that the extra directory should be included? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
