See now, that makes no sense to me. If it was purely an issue with
environment variables not being set, I don't understand why it didn't
work when you set the default_environment hash. Did you set both
GEM_PATH and GEM_HOME in default_environment when you tried?

- Jamis

On 9/20/07, Drinkingbird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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?
>
>
> >
>

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