My rubygems is completely broken (EOFErrors)

Ruby
1

Here’s my environment followed by what I’m seeing. I dug into the
code and found out that the “bad URI” it’s complaining about is nil,
which is indeed pretty bad for a URI. I’ve searched for an answer in
vain. I’ve reinstalled rubygems by running setup.rb from the latest
rubygems release.

Does anyone have any ideas?

[dougmcbride@shiny /d/rubygems-1.3.4] sudo gem env
RubyGems Environment:

  • RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.4
  • RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [universal-
    darwin9.0]
  • INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8
  • RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
    Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
  • EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin
  • RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    • ruby
    • universal-darwin-9
  • GEM PATHS:
    • /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8
    • /Users/dougmcbride/.gem/ruby/1.8
    • /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/
      ruby/gems/1.8
  • GEM CONFIGURATION:
    • :update_sources => true
    • :verbose => true
    • :benchmark => false
    • :backtrace => false
    • :bulk_threshold => 1000
    • :sources => [“http://gems.rubyforge.org/”]
  • REMOTE SOURCES:

[dougmcbride@shiny /d/rubygems-1.3.4] sudo gem --debug install ruby-
debug
Exception NameError' at /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:161 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand Exception Gem::LoadError’ at /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems.rb:826 -
Could not find RubyGem test-unit (>= 0)

Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file reached Exception EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file
reached
Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file reached Exception EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file
reached
Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file reached Exception EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file
reached
Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file reached Exception EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file
reached
Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file reached Exception EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file
reached
Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file reached Exception EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file
reached
Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file reached Exception EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file
reached
Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file reached Exception EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file
reached
Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file reached Exception EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:120 - end of file
reached
Exception EOFError' at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/ Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file reached nil Exception URI::InvalidURIError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/
Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/uri/common.rb:437 - bad
URI(is not URI?):
ERROR: While executing gem … (URI::InvalidURIError)
bad URI(is not URI?):
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/
1.8/uri/common.rb:437:in split' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/uri/common.rb:486:in parse’
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:258:in
open_uri_or_path' /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:288:in open_uri_or_path’
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:164:in fetch_path' /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:108:in download’
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:232:in
install' /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:222:in each’
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:222:in
install' /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:118:in execute’
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:115:in
each' /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:115:in execute’
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:257:in invoke' /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:132:in process_args’
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:102:in run' /Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:58:in run’
/usr/bin/gem:21

2

I don’t know if this will help, but for comparison here is my setup:

$ gem environment
RubyGems Environment:

  • RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.1
  • RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i686-darwin8.11.1]
  • INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  • RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/local/bin/ruby
  • EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/local/bin
  • RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    • ruby
    • x86-darwin-8
  • GEM PATHS:
    • /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
    • /Users/me/.gem/ruby/1.8
  • GEM CONFIGURATION:
    • :update_sources => true
    • :verbose => true
    • :benchmark => false
    • :backtrace => false
    • :bulk_threshold => 1000
  • REMOTE SOURCES:

I updated ruby to version 1.8.6, so I am not using the pre-installed
ruby. Also, at some point when I forgot to use sudo to install a gem,
rubygems created the local directory:

/Users/me/.gem/ruby/1.8

and installed the gem there. Now when I forget to use sudo to install a
gem, I do:

$ rm -rf /Users/me/.gem

to delete the whole directory, and then install the gem again using
sudo. Unfortunately, rubygems still reports the non-existent directory
under GEM PATHS, but that doesn’t have any effect on anything.

3

Doug McBride [email protected] wrote:

Here’s my environment followed by what I’m seeing. I dug into the
code and found out that the “bad URI” it’s complaining about is nil,
which is indeed pretty bad for a URI. I’ve searched for an answer in
vain. I’ve reinstalled rubygems by running setup.rb from the latest
rubygems release.

Does anyone have any ideas?

[dougmcbride@shiny /d/rubygems-1.3.4] sudo gem env

You do not need sudo for this.

- universal-darwin-9
 - :bulk_threshold => 1000
 - :sources => ["http://gems.rubyforge.org/"]

Looks pretty good. You might get a slightly more recent ruby by updating
Leopard, but that shouldn’t matter very much. Saying “sudo gem update
–system” should have been sufficient to update rubygems.

[dougmcbride@shiny /d/rubygems-1.3.4] sudo gem --debug install ruby-
debug
…
Exception `EOFError’ at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:133 - end of file
reached

Just checking - (1) Have you installed Xcode? (2) Are you connected to
the Internet? Sorry nothing else comes to mind right off the bat; I
couldn’t reproduce the problem (installing ruby-debug worked find for
me). m.

4

On Jun 1, 2009, at 17:33, 7stud – wrote:

then it seems to be that the executable directory should be listed as:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/

This is correct for OS X.

5

On Jun 1, 2009, at 16:45, Doug McBride wrote:

ERROR: While executing gem … (URI::InvalidURIError)
bad URI(is not URI?):
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/
1.8/uri/common.rb:437:in split' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ 1.8/uri/common.rb:486:inparse’
/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:258:in
`open_uri_or_path’

This checks the URI

/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:288:in
`open_uri_or_path’

This is the redirect response handler

Since it got nil, and you got a bunch of EOFErrors above, I’d guess
that there’s network issues between you and rubyforge.

6

Doug McBride wrote:

  • RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/
    Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
  • EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin

Something seems out of whack there. If the ruby executable is located
here:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby

then it seems to be that the executable directory should be listed as:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/

7

Eric H. [email protected] wrote:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby

then it seems to be that the executable directory should be listed as:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/

This is correct for OS X.

What the OP has is correct for OS X 10.5 Leopard, which is evidently
what the OP has. 7stud has something earlier (presumably Tiger) and what
he has is correct for that system. Comparing apples with oranges is
pointless here. m.