On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Daniel Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
That's a chicken-egg situation: verify if the home folder is writable to be able to install a gem will depend on a gem to do the job :-) > Also keep in mind that, technically, other platforms implement ACL as > well, which could be problematic. > Exactly my point, we are doing a platform-specific stuff there (uid comparison) is something that shouldn't be. > Regards, > > Dan Thanks for the offer Daniel, and I think adding those to win32-file will be great since ruby under Windows is blind in relation to ACLs. -- Luis Lavena AREA 17 - Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
