Bugs item #27346, was opened at 2009-10-25 16:55
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Category: `gem` commands (other)
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Martin Häcker (dwt)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: gem cleanup fails on system wide installed gems with non informative
error message
Initial Comment:
Hi there,
I use gem to install stuff in my home directory and today found out that gem
cleanup could get me rid of quite a part of old gems.
This however didn't work, as those are installed system wide and I of course
don't start gem with root privileges as I totally want it to install only in my
home directory.
The error message didn't mention this rights problem and the installed path at
all, so I had to search very long till I found out why this failed.
So, please improve the error message, make it state that rights are missing and
on what file they are missing.
Regards,
Martin
% gem env
RubyGems Environment:
- RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.1
- RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [universal-darwin10.0]
- INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Users/dwt/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8
- RUBY EXECUTABLE:
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
- EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /Users/dwt/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/bin
- RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
- ruby
- universal-darwin-10
- GEM PATHS:
- /Users/dwt/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8
-
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
- /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8
- GEM CONFIGURATION:
- :update_sources => true
- :verbose => true
- :benchmark => false
- :backtrace => false
- :bulk_threshold => 1000
- "gempath" => ["/Users/dwt/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8",
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8",
"/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8"]
- "gemhome" => "/Users/dwt/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8"
- REMOTE SOURCES:
- http://gems.rubyforge.org/
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>Comment By: Martin Häcker (dwt)
Date: 2009-10-27 23:44
Message:
Indeed the new error message is quite good.
Strange, I was under the impression that I did do "gem update --system"
before reporting this - but apparently I missed it.
Thanks for the reply and keep up the good work.
Regards,
Martin
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Comment By: Luis Lavena (luislavena)
Date: 2009-10-25 19:05
Message:
Hello,
Thank you for your report.
Please try updating your RubyGems installation to 1.3.5:
sudo gem update --system
Since several improvements in gem cleanup has been implemented in 1.3.3, which
is greater than the version you're reporting from.
Once you do that, try recreate the same scenario and report back the output of
the clenaup command with "--debug -V".
Thank you.
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