On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Berger, Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently running a version of Ruby without readline support (yep, > Windows). When I run a "gem install" I get this: >
Hmn.... > C:\>gem install win32-ipc > Successfully installed win32-ipc-0.5.1 > 1 gem installed > Installing ri documentation for win32-ipc-0.5.1... > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in > `gem_original_require': no > to load -- readline (LoadError) > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in > `require' > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rdoc-2.2.1/lib/rdoc/ri/display.rb:6 > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in > `gem_original > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in > `require' > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rdoc-2.2.1/lib/rdoc/ri/driver.rb:7 > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in > `gem_original > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in > `require' > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/doc_manager.rb:58:in > `update_ri_cache > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:123: > in `e > from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:136:in > `invoke' > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:105:in > `process_ar > from > C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:75:in `run' > from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:39:in > `run' > from C:/ruby/bin/gem:24 > > The gem appears to have installed successfully, so for now I've just > been ignoring these errors. However, I'm curious about the relationship > between rubygems and readline. What does rubygems need with readline > exactly? And can it live without it? > > If it _can_ live without it, I think we should consider a more elegant > way to deal with the LoadError. > > Regards, > > Dan > Look awkward, since I didn't had readline early while bootstrapping the new one-click and it worked fine. I just did a grep through the sources and couldn't find a reference to require 'readline' directly, neither usage of Readline. Maybe something went south on that gem? -- 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
