# Rake plugindoc returns error - any idea what the problem is

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-plugindoc-returns-error-any-idea-what-the-problem-is/89822>\
**Category:** Engines\
**Created:** [January 5, 2006, 7:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-plugindoc-returns-error-any-idea-what-the-problem-is/89822 "2006-01-05T07:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![alex\_nesbitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@alex\_nesbitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex_nesbitt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 7:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-plugindoc-returns-error-any-idea-what-the-problem-is/89822/1 "2006-01-05T07:50:14Z")

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I’m trying to make docs and when I run rake plugindoc I get

rdoc -o doc/plugins/engines --title ‘Engines Plugin Documentation’  
–line-number  
s --inline-source -T html --main ‘vendor/plugins/engines/README’  
vendor/plugins/  
engines/lib/action\_mailer\_extensions.rb  
vendor/plugins/engines/lib/action\_view\_e  
xtensions.rb vendor/plugins/engines/lib/dependencies\_extensions.rb  
vendor/plugin  
s/engines/lib/engines.rb  
vendor/plugins/engines/lib/migration\_extensions.rb  
vend  
or/plugins/engines/lib/ruby\_extensions.rb  
vendor/plugins/engines/lib/testing\_ext  
ensions.rb vendor/plugins/engines/README  
rake aborted!  
You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!  
The error occured while evaluating nil.exitstatus

any ideas what the problem might be?

Thanks

Alex

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**Author:** ![alex\_nesbitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@alex\_nesbitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/alex_nesbitt)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-plugindoc-returns-error-any-idea-what-the-problem-is/89822/2 "2006-01-05T17:23:09Z")

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alex nesbitt wrote:

> I’m trying to make docs and when I run rake plugindoc I get
> 
> rdoc -o doc/plugins/engines --title ‘Engines Plugin Documentation’  
> –line-number  
> s --inline-source -T html --main ‘vendor/plugins/engines/README’  
> vendor/plugins/  
> engines/lib/action\_mailer\_extensions.rb  
> vendor/plugins/engines/lib/action\_view\_e  
> xtensions.rb vendor/plugins/engines/lib/dependencies\_extensions.rb  
> vendor/plugin  
> s/engines/lib/engines.rb  
> vendor/plugins/engines/lib/migration\_extensions.rb  
> vend  
> or/plugins/engines/lib/ruby\_extensions.rb  
> vendor/plugins/engines/lib/testing\_ext  
> ensions.rb vendor/plugins/engines/README  
> rake aborted!  
> You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!  
> The error occured while evaluating nil.exitstatus
> 
> any ideas what the problem might be?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Alex

Are you using ‘InstantRails’?

I had a similar problem with “rake appdoc” that went away when I  
upgraded to the most recent InstantRails release.