BUG: rb-activesupport install failing.

[jacoblanemcp@…]

This has been a documented bug with MacPorts for some time now. Surprised it has not been resolved in the transition from 1.4 to 1.5. Again, when installing the Ruby suite of tools, rb-activesupport (and others) fail with the following error code below. This error seems to stem from the rb-gems install, which some claim needs to be installed manually ... as in, outside of MacPorts ... to work correctly. Other hacks and workarounds are also available. Maybe we could incorporate one that would resolve this? A ticket was issued for this bug over four months ago, but had been ignored to date:

Links to this issue:

​http://www.mail-archive.com/macports-users@lists.macosforge.org/msg02181.html

​http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/11751

Is there anyone working on Ruby package issues there?

root# port install rb-activesupport
--->  Staging rb-activesupport into destroot
Error: Target org.macports.destroot returned: shell command "/opt/local/bin/gem install --local --force --install-dir /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_ruby_rb-activesupport/work/destroot/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/ruby/activesupport-1.4.2" returned error 1
Command output: /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- sources (LoadError)
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_info_cache.rb:6
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/remote_installer.rb:12
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:112:in `manage_gems'
        from /opt/local/bin/gem:10

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
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[nox@…]

Added maintainers to Cc.

[noah@…]

There is an easy workaround to the bug. The port rb-activesuppport is failing when it tries to install its dependency of rb-rubygems (I believe it may just be an out-of-date -- 0.9.1 -- version of rb-rubygems). If you install the rb-rubygems 0.9.4 port _first_ and then install rb-activesupport there is no problem.

[daniel.bond@…]

​http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/13815 should fix this, once both a new macports version is rolled out (ruby.setup fetch method, and fixed ruby group resource file).

I'll make new portfiles for rb-activesupport, rb-rubyonrails etc, when I've got the new rubygems 1.1.0 commited.

[mr_bond@…]

The ruby-portgroup is broken.

[mr_bond@…]

for now use "gem install <gem>"

[pguyot (Paul Guyot)]

Fixed in r39397.

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