# Gem.const\_missing causes infinite loop

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-const-missing-causes-infinite-loop/136168>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 29, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-const-missing-causes-infinite-loop/136168 "2008-04-29T16:19:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![sheepman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@sheepman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sheepman)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-const-missing-causes-infinite-loop/136168/1 "2008-04-29T16:19:27Z")

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$ ruby-1.9 -v  
ruby 1.9.0 (2008-04-28 revision 15721) [i686-linux]

$ ruby-1.9 -ve ‘p Gem::A’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:79: warning: already initialized  
constant MUTEX  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:81: warning: already initialized  
constant RubyGemsPackageVersion  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:86: warning: already initialized  
constant WIN\_PATTERNS  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:79: warning: already initialized  
constant MUTEX  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:81: warning: already initialized  
constant RubyGemsPackageVersion  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:86: warning: already initialized  
constant WIN\_PATTERNS  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:79: warning: already initialized  
constant MUTEX  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:81: warning: already initialized  
constant RubyGemsPackageVersion  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:86: warning: already initialized  
constant WIN\_PATTERNS  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:79: warning: already initialized  
constant MUTEX  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems.rb:81: warning: already initialized  
constant RubyGemsPackageVersion  
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