From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2005-11-19T03:47:30+09:00
Subject: Re: gem install getopt problem


Joel VanderWerf said:
> $ 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.

The lib and examples directories are not included in the gem archive itself.

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