On 7/22/07, Wes Gamble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All,
>
> My environment:
>
> Windows XP
>
> C:\eclipse\workspace>ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]
>
> C:\eclipse\workspace>gem environment
> RubyGems Environment:
> - VERSION: 0.9.4 (0.9.4)
> - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
> - GEM PATH:
> - c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
> - REMOTE SOURCES:
> - http://gems.rubyforge.org
>
> If I attempt to install any Rubygem, including the system update, I get
> an error informing me that a clearly absolute path is not absolute.
> Here's an example:
>
> C:\eclipse\workspace>gem update capistrano
> Updating installed gems...
> Attempting remote update of capistrano
> Install required dependency highline? [Yn] Y
> ERROR: While executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
> install directory
> #<Pathname:c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.2.9>
> not absolute
>
> This appears to be due to the following code in installer.rb:
>
> private
> def expand_and_validate(directory)
> directory = Pathname.new(directory).expand_path
> unless directory.absolute?
> raise ArgumentError, "install directory %p not absolute" % directory
> end
> directory.to_str
> end
>
> which depends on the Pathname library, which in turn assumes that any
> directory that doesn't start with "/" is relative. See below:
>
> C:\eclipse\workspace>irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'pathname'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0>
> Pathname.new("C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.2.9").absolute?
> => false
>
> How do I fix my installation so that I can continue to use gems?
Fix pathname.rb. Using Ruby 1.8.5:
irb(main):005:0>
Pathname.new("C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/highline-1.2.9").absolute?
=> true
Regards,
Dan
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