From: Daniel Berger <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2005-11-19T03:24:14+09:00
Subject: Re: gem install getopt problem

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> $ gem install getopt
> Attempting local installation of 'getopt'
> Local gem file not found: getopt*.gem
> Attempting remote installation of 'getopt'
> Successfully installed getopt-1.3.0
> Installing RDoc documentation for getopt-1.3.0...
> File not found: lib
> $ ls /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/getopt-1.3.1
> CHANGES  MANIFEST  README  test
> 
> So it seems the lib subdir is not being created for some reason.
> 
> Anyone else see this? Other gems seem fine.
> 
> $ gem -v
> 0.8.11
> $ ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i686-linux]
> 

That's weird.  It looks like the gem file is broken for some reason (I just 
tried a local install).  The only thing I changed was the version, from 1.3.0 
to 1.3.1.

I have absolutely no idea what's wrong.

Dan