Bugs item #25741, was opened at 2009-04-30 15:42 You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=575&aid=25741&group_id=126
Category: other Group: v1.3.x >Status: Closed >Resolution: Accepted Priority: 2 Submitted By: Daniel Berger (djberg96) >Assigned to: Eric Hodel (drbrain) Summary: Gem::Specification#installation_path should raise a proper exception Initial Comment: Hi, The Gem::Specification#installation_path is a public method, but it isn't meant for direct use in a .gemspec file. If you try to call that method directly in a .gemspec file it will result in this error: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb:624:in `dirname': can't convert nil into String (TypeError) Looking at the source we can see why: def installation_path File.expand_path(File.dirname(File.dirname(@loaded_from))) end The @loaded_from instance variable is nil, so it blows up. Instead, this should raise a proper exception of some sort to let people (like me) know that it isn't meant for direct use, but for inspection after installation. Regards, Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Eric Hodel (drbrain) Date: 2009-05-01 16:49 Message: Fixed, now raises Gem::Exception with the hopefully clear-enough exception 'spec a-1 is not from an installed gem' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=575&aid=25741&group_id=126 _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
