From: Kenta Murata <redmine@...>
Date: 2010-07-13T14:11:00+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:31238] [Bug #3564] 'gem uninstall' doesn't remove executables which were installed with --format-executable option

Bug #3564: 'gem uninstall' doesn't remove executables which were installed with --format-executable option
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3564

Author: Kenta Murata
Status: Open, Priority: Normal
Category: lib, Target version: 1.9.2
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2dev (2010-07-11 revision 28613) [x86_64-darwin10.4.0]

'gem uninstall' command doesn't remove executables installed with --format-executable option, but ones installed without the option.
The command, unfortunately, doesn't allow us the option so we are obliged to remove the executables manually.

Operation Log:

[12:15:24#104]mrkn$ ls /opt/rubies/bin/spec*
/opt/rubies/bin/spec       /opt/rubies/bin/spec-1.9.2
[14:03:11#105]mrkn$ gem-1.9.2 uninstall --format-executable rspec
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (OptionParser::InvalidOption)
    invalid option: --format-executable
[14:03:47#106]mrkn$ gem-1.9.2 uninstall rspec
Remove executables:
        autospec, spec

in addition to the gem? [Yn]  y
Removing autospec
Removing spec

You have requested to uninstall the gem:
        rspec-1.3.0
addressable-2.1.2 depends on [rspec (>= 1.0.8)]
autotest-growl-0.2.4 depends on [rspec (>= 1.3.0)]
bundler-0.9.26 depends on [rspec (>= 0)]
g-1.4.0 depends on [rspec (>= 0)]
If you remove this gems, one or more dependencies will not be met.
Continue with Uninstall? [Yn]  y
Successfully uninstalled rspec-1.3.0
[14:04:24#107]mrkn$ ls /opt/rubies/bin/spec*
/opt/rubies/bin/spec-1.9.2


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