Bugs item #27346, was opened at 2009-10-25 16:55
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Category: `gem` commands (other)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
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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