Can't install rubygems

Ruby
1

The rubygems installer can’t finish, and CPU is 100% used in several
hours.

localhost rubygems-0.9.1 # uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.17.13 #1 SMP Wed Jan 3 09:30:41 Local time zone
must be set–see zic m i686 Genuine Intel® CPU T2300 @
1.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

localhost rubygems-0.9.1 # ruby -v
ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-25 patchlevel 12) [i686-linux]

localhost rubygems-0.9.1 # ruby setup.rb
—> bin
<— bin
—> lib
—> lib/rubygems
<— lib/rubygems
—> lib/rbconfig
<— lib/rbconfig
<— lib
—> bin
<— bin
—> lib
—> lib/rubygems
<— lib/rubygems
—> lib/rbconfig
<— lib/rbconfig
<— lib
rm -f InstalledFiles
—> bin
mkdir -p /usr/bin/
install gem /usr/bin/
install gemri /usr/bin/
install gem_mirror /usr/bin/
install gem_server /usr/bin/
install gemwhich /usr/bin/
install gemlock /usr/bin/
install update_rubygems /usr/bin/
install index_gem_repository.rb /usr/bin/
<— bin
—> lib
mkdir -p /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
install ubygems.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
install rubygems.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
install gemconfigure.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
—> lib/rubygems
mkdir -p /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install config_file.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install gem_openssl.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install user_interaction.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install source_info_cache.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install server.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install source_index.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install cmd_manager.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install gem_runner.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install gem_commands.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install doc_manager.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install installer.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install remote_installer.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install old_format.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install builder.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install rubygems_version.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install format.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install custom_require.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install specification.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install dependency_list.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install command.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install package.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install timer.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install source_info_cache_entry.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install remote_fetcher.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install validator.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install version.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install security.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
<— lib/rubygems
—> lib/rbconfig
mkdir -p /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbconfig
install datadir.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbconfig
<— lib/rbconfig
<— lib
Successfully built RubyGem
Name: sources
Version: 0.0.1
File: sources-0.0.1.gem

2

On Jan 21, 2007, at 19:16, lijie wrote:

The rubygems installer can’t finish, and CPU is 100% used in
several hours.

<— lib/rbconfig
<— lib
Successfully built RubyGem
Name: sources
Version: 0.0.1
File: sources-0.0.1.gem

If you hit ^C, what is the backtrace?

–
Eric H. - [email protected] - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

3

On Jan 22, 2007, at 24:24, lijie wrote:

initialize': Interrupt from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:439:in each_entry’ from
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:424:in each' ... 14 levels... from setup.rb:887:in exec_install’
from setup.rb:705:in invoke' from setup.rb:674:in invoke’
from setup.rb:1352

I have tested rubygems-0.8.11, 0.9.0 and 0.9.1.

Did you have a RubyGems already installed before starting the upgrade?

Could you try removing /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems and re-
running setup?

None of those lines match up with 0.9.1’s package.rb.

–
Eric H. - [email protected] - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

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2007/1/22, Eric H. [email protected]:

Did you have a RubyGems already installed before starting the upgrade?

Could you try removing /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems and re-
running setup?

None of those lines match up with 0.9.1’s package.rb.

I have removed it, and run setup again:

ruby setup.rb

—> bin
<— bin
—> lib
—> lib/rubygems
<— lib/rubygems
—> lib/rbconfig
<— lib/rbconfig
<— lib
—> bin
<— bin
—> lib
—> lib/rubygems
<— lib/rubygems
—> lib/rbconfig
<— lib/rbconfig
<— lib
rm -f InstalledFiles
—> bin
mkdir -p /usr/bin/
install gem /usr/bin/
install gemri /usr/bin/
install gem_mirror /usr/bin/
install gem_server /usr/bin/
install gemwhich /usr/bin/
install gemlock /usr/bin/
install update_rubygems /usr/bin/
install index_gem_repository.rb /usr/bin/
<— bin
—> lib
mkdir -p /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
install ubygems.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
install rubygems.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
install gemconfigure.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/
—> lib/rubygems
mkdir -p /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install config_file.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install gem_openssl.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install user_interaction.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install source_info_cache.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install server.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install source_index.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install cmd_manager.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install gem_runner.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install gem_commands.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install doc_manager.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install installer.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install remote_installer.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install old_format.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install builder.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install rubygems_version.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install format.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install custom_require.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install specification.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install dependency_list.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install command.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install package.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install timer.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install source_info_cache_entry.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install remote_fetcher.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install validator.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install version.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
install security.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems
<— lib/rubygems
—> lib/rbconfig
mkdir -p /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbconfig
install datadir.rb /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rbconfig
<— lib/rbconfig
<— lib
Successfully built RubyGem
Name: sources
Version: 0.0.1
File: sources-0.0.1.gem
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:74:in
new_from_stream': Interrupt from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:444:in each_entry’
from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:442:in
loop' from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:442:in each_entry’
from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:427:in
each' from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:488:in initialize’
from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:586:in
new' from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:586:in open_from_io’
from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:806:in
open_from_io' ... 10 levels... from setup.rb:894:in exec_install’
from setup.rb:712:in invoke' from setup.rb:681:in invoke’
from setup.rb:1359

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2007/1/22, Eric H. [email protected]:

If you hit ^C, what is the backtrace?

— output —
Successfully built RubyGem
Name: sources
Version: 0.0.1
File: sources-0.0.1.gem
— Ctrl + C ----
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:127:in initialize': Interrupt from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:127:in each’
from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:127:in
initialize' from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:109:in new’
from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:109:in
new_from_stream' from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:441:in each_entry’ from
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:439:in loop' from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:439:in each_entry’ from
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:424:in each' ... 14 levels... from setup.rb:887:in exec_install’
from setup.rb:705:in invoke' from setup.rb:674:in invoke’
from setup.rb:1352

I have tested rubygems-0.8.11, 0.9.0 and 0.9.1.

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On Jan 22, 2007, at 02:38, lijie wrote:

ruby setup.rb

/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/package.rb:74:in
`new_from_stream’: Interrupt

Can you check your sources gem’s MD5?

$ md5 pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
MD5 (pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem) = 5e0ab904499bb982a6ef62fe3af0a291

Is what I get.

If that matches, can you try this script:

data = <<-EOF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EOF

header = data.unpack(‘m*’).first
data = header.unpack(“A100” + # record name
“A8A8A8” + # mode, uid, gid
“A12A12” + # size, mtime
“A8A” + # checksum, typeflag
“A100” + # linkname
“A6A2” + # magic, version
“A32” + # uname
“A32” + # gname
“A8A8” + # devmajor, devminor
“A155”) # prefix

p data

I got:

[“data.tar.gz”, “0000644”, “0000000”, “0000000”, “00000000260”,
“00000000000”, “013315”, “0”, “”, “ustar”, “00”, “wheel”, “wheel”,
“0000000”, “0000000”, “”]

–
Eric H. - [email protected] - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

7

I have copied $RUBY_PATH/site_ruby/*,
$RUBY_PATH/gems/1.8/specifications/sources-0.0.1.gemspec,
$RUBY_PATH/gems/1.8/gems/sources-0.0.1 from other computer, then run
gem:

localhost distfiles # gem install activesupport
Attempting local installation of ‘activesupport’
ERROR: Error installing gem activesupport[.gem]: string contains null
byte

localhost distfiles # gem install RedCloth-3.0.4.gem
Attempting local installation of ‘RedCloth-3.0.4.gem’
ERROR: Error installing gem RedCloth-3.0.4.gem[.gem]: string contains
null byte

How to resolve it?

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lijie wrote:

/var/tmp/portage/rubygems-0.8.11-r5/work/rubygems-0.8.11/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
14459268709919ee6215c8c6f0b2e425
rubygems-0.9.1/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem

Is what I get.
[“data.tar.gz”, “0000644”, “0000000”, “0000000”, “00000000260”,

Thank you very much.

Is this a RubyGems problem or a Gentoo/Portage problem? There’s an open
bug in Gentoo Bugzilla for the rubygems-0.9.1 version bump – it can be
found at

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162463

You need to list the package in /etc/portage/package.unmask, I think. I
got it to work on all of my Gentoo boxes.

–
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits fire.

9

2007/1/23, Eric H. [email protected]:

$ md5 pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
MD5 (pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem) = 5e0ab904499bb982a6ef62fe3af0a291

I am using Gentoo Linux, and I have tested rubygems 0.8.11, 0.9.0,
0.9.1:

localhost lijie # md5sum
/var/tmp/portage/rubygems-0.8.11-r5/work/rubygems-0.8.11/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
2f47b42a162074c9ada0bde7ffebbe5e
/var/tmp/portage/rubygems-0.8.11-r5/work/rubygems-0.8.11/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
localhost lijie # md5sum
/var/tmp/portage/rubygems-0.9.0-r2/work/rubygems-0.9.0/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
be38c0d87570eb43b9d26f2506497d92
/var/tmp/portage/rubygems-0.9.0-r2/work/rubygems-0.9.0/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
localhost lijie # md5sum
/var/tmp/portage/rubygems-0.9.1/work/rubygems-0.9.1/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
14459268709919ee6215c8c6f0b2e425
/var/tmp/portage/rubygems-0.9.1/work/rubygems-0.9.1/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem

Download http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16452/rubygems-0.9.1.tgz
and check md5sum:
localhost sources # md5sum rubygems-0.9.1.tgz
a62314cdb174ccc88a27b8924fa79e4a rubygems-0.9.1.tgz
localhost sources # md5sum rubygems-0.9.1/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
cd4ff3e4fc3571c111d90bbf411e270f
rubygems-0.9.1/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem

check md5sum of
http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/11289/rubygems-0.9.0.tgz
localhost sources # md5sum rubygems-0.9.0.tgz
5d496e1f415b8b4033ab867f01d1161f rubygems-0.9.0.tgz
localhost sources # md5sum rubygems-0.9.0/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem
ca800af09e9544a6bd15b2630ac28b45
rubygems-0.9.0/pkgs/sources/sources-0.0.1.gem

Is what I get.

If that matches, can you try this script:
…
I got:

[“data.tar.gz”, “0000644”, “0000000”, “0000000”, “00000000260”,
“00000000000”, “013315”, “0”, “”, “ustar”, “00”, “wheel”, “wheel”,
“0000000”, “0000000”, “”]

localhost lijie # ruby test.rb
[“data.tar.gz”, “0000644”, “0000000”, “0000000”, “00000000260”,
“00000000000”, “013315”, “0”, “”, “ustar”, “00”, “wheel”, “wheel”,
“0000000”, “0000000”, “”]

It looks right.

I have succeeded installing it before 5 days on Gentoo linux, on 3
computers.

I am sorry, the network is very bad in these days, and it is very
difficult to send mails.

Thank you very much.

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On Jan 23, 2007, at 18:24, lijie wrote:

I have re-emerged ruby today, but rubygems emerge failed. I have
succeeded in installing on 3 computers on Gentoo about 6 days ago, and
used the same configurations (make.conf).

content of /etc/make.conf:

CFLAGS=“-O3 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer”

This may be a source of your problems. Ruby is not guaranteed to
work with -fomit-frame-pointer:

http://www.google.com/search?q=ruby%20fomit-frame-pointer

You need to list the package in /etc/portage/package.unmask, I
think. I
got it to work on all of my Gentoo boxes.

This file dose not exist, I install rubygems-0.8.11 like this:

emerge rubygems -Dav

and install rubygems-0.9.1 like this:

emerge /usr/portage/dev-ruby/rubygems/rubygems-0.9.1.ebuild

Try rebuilding ruby with the default build flags first.

–
Eric H. - [email protected] - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

11

2007/1/23, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky [email protected]:

Is this a RubyGems problem or a Gentoo/Portage problem? There’s an open
bug in Gentoo Bugzilla for the rubygems-0.9.1 version bump – it can be
found at

162463 – dev-ruby/rubygems-0.9.2 version bump
My Gentoo installed from stage3,

I have re-emerged ruby today, but rubygems emerge failed. I have
succeeded in installing on 3 computers on Gentoo about 6 days ago, and
used the same configurations (make.conf).

content of /etc/make.conf:

CFLAGS=“-O3 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer”
CHOST=“i686-pc-linux-gnu”
CXXFLAGS=“${CFLAGS}”
MAKEOPTS=“-j3”
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=“x86”
USE=“tk mozdevelop xforms hal nsplugin firefox ffmpeg dvd cdr dvdr svg
bzip2 fpx gs jpeg2k tiff wmf objc unicode gnome ipv6 -qt -kde -arts
-eds -cups glc nls cjk apache2 imap acpi truetype nptl freetype pam
pthreads python userlocales”
GENTOO_MIRRORS=“http://mirror.gentoo.gr.jp”
PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage
LINGUAS=“zh_CN zh_TW zh en”

You need to list the package in /etc/portage/package.unmask, I think. I
got it to work on all of my Gentoo boxes.

This file dose not exist, I install rubygems-0.8.11 like this:

emerge rubygems -Dav

and install rubygems-0.9.1 like this:

emerge /usr/portage/dev-ruby/rubygems/rubygems-0.9.1.ebuild

Thanks.

12

2007/1/24, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky [email protected]:

Eric H. wrote:

This may be a source of your problems. Ruby is not guaranteed to work
with -fomit-frame-pointer:

ruby fomit-frame-pointer - Google Search

-O3 could also be a problem. I forget whether the Gentoo default
includes “-fomit-frame-pointer” or not, but the default is definitely
-O2 and not -O3.

I have removed -formit-frame-pointer and changed -O3 to -O2, then
re-emerge ruby and rubygems, but nothing changes.

I have tried all ways that I can think of, reinstall system, set
system date to 2006-12-25, … Does the installer use network? my
network is very bad in these days. perhaps network has caused it.

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lijie wrote:

I have removed -formit-frame-pointer and changed -O3 to -O2, then
re-emerge ruby and rubygems, but nothing changes.

I have tried all ways that I can think of, reinstall system, set
system date to 2006-12-25, … Does the installer use network? my
network is very bad in these days. perhaps network has caused it.
I’ve forgotten – what was the symptom again?

Maybe you should post a bug on Gentoo’s Bugzilla
(http://bugs.gentoo.org). rubygems “stable” is still 0.9.0-r2, so you
might have hit a bug in their ebuild. They’ll at least help you diagnose
this. If you want, copy me off-list when you file the bug.

–
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits fire.

14

Eric H. wrote:

I have re-emerged ruby today, but rubygems emerge failed. I have
ruby fomit-frame-pointer - Google Search
Try rebuilding ruby with the default build flags first.

–Eric H. - [email protected] - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

-O3 could also be a problem. I forget whether the Gentoo default
includes “-fomit-frame-pointer” or not, but the default is definitely
-O2 and not -O3.

–
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits fire.

15

On Jan 23, 2007, at 20:39, lijie wrote:

definitely
-O2 and not -O3.

I have removed -formit-frame-pointer and changed -O3 to -O2, then
re-emerge ruby and rubygems, but nothing changes.

I have tried all ways that I can think of, reinstall system, set
system date to 2006-12-25, … Does the installer use network? my
network is very bad in these days. perhaps network has caused it.

Maybe. These errors I’ve never seen:

localhost distfiles # gem install activesupport
Attempting local installation of ‘activesupport’
ERROR: Error installing gem activesupport[.gem]: string contains
null byte

localhost distfiles # gem install RedCloth-3.0.4.gem
Attempting local installation of ‘RedCloth-3.0.4.gem’
ERROR: Error installing gem RedCloth-3.0.4.gem[.gem]: string
contains null byte

and should only come from a very confused ruby, or buggy C
extensions. The C extensions built in to ruby shouldn’t have bugs
this bad.

–
Eric H. - [email protected] - http://blog.segment7.net

I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

16

gems / ruby is broken on gentoo!
pity that. gentoo people on their forums say its not a portage error
but a strange error in combination glibc-2.3 autoconf-2.61 and ruby.
on the other hand gentoo users have no problem in installing ruby +
gems by hand.

look here (and no, it’s not solved):
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-522053-highlight-rubygems.html

and here:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-536948-highlight-rubygems.html

and here:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161566

mad world.
–robert

2007/1/24, lijie [email protected]

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2007/3/9, Robert W. [email protected]:

and here:
Gentoo Forums :: View topic - dev-ruby/rubygems 0.8.11-r5 - 0.9.0-r2 : ebuild does finish

and here:
161566 – rubygems goes into infinite loop while trying to install

I have downgraded autoconf to 2.60, and re-merge ruby and rubygems, it
works!

Thanks all.