On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Luis Lavena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Segment 7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I don't see any ctritical bugs remaining in the tracker. Is there anything >> else outstanding? >> > > I'm checking out latest changes and see if they work or raise errors > under Windows (mswin32 and mingw32). > > So far, two new errors has been introduced: > > http://pastie.org/private/96wifrwcnzatkfqetada > > 1) Error: > test_self_clear_paths(TestGem): > NoMethodError: undefined method `uid' for nil:NilClass > D:/Users/Luis/projects/oss/rubygems/trunk/test/../lib/rubygems.rb:713:in > `set_paths' > > It's important to mention that rely on Etc to determine owner is > unreliable across platforms. > > I cannot suggest we use File::writable? instead since under Windows, > ACLs can deny you access to a specified folder and still show up as > writable, as I reported to RubySpec > > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyspec/browse_thread/thread/2e2b21b73aca5fcc#
We could add ACL based implementations for owned?, readable?, writeable? and executable? in win32-file if you're interested. Also keep in mind that, technically, other platforms implement ACL as well, which could be problematic. Regards, Dan _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
