From: noreply@...
Date: 2006-09-29T02:59:33+09:00
Subject: [ ruby-Bugs-5941 ] "nundefined method `to_str' for nil:NilClass" exception from mkmf.rb when doing "make distclean"

Bugs item #5941, was opened at 2006-09-28 10:59
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Category: Core
Group: 1.8.x
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Rick Ohnemus (joast)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: "nundefined method `to_str' for nil:NilClass" exception from mkmf.rb when doing "make distclean"

Initial Comment:
Following patch appears to fix the problem:

--- extmk.rb.orig       2006-09-21 06:58:33.000000000 -0700
+++ extmk.rb    2006-09-28 10:38:29.000000000 -0700
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
   Dir.chdir ".."
   if $clean
     Dir.rmdir('ext') rescue nil
-    FileUtils.rm_rf(extout) if $extout
+    FileUtils.rm_rf($extout) if $extout
   end
   exit
 end


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