From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2006-06-04T23:32:33+09:00
Subject: Re: strange results when require'ing RMagick

John Conrad wrote:
> I've read about some packages that return false when they are require'd
> through rubygem's special version of require, and I think I understand 
> the
> issue well enough. But this behavior has me confused anew...
>
> Included are the transcripts from two separate irb sessions where I 
> attempt
> to require RMagick. Apparently the only way I can get the library 
> loaded is
> by require'ing it twice but switching the case of the first two letters
> between calls to require.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help with this,
> John Emerson Conrad
>
> $ ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc-darwin8.5.0]
>
> [FIRST SESSION]
>
> $ irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> require 'RMagick'
> => false
> irb(main):003:0> Magick
> NameError: uninitialized constant Magick
>        from (irb):3
>        from 
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb:227
> irb(main):004:0> require 'rmagick'
> => true
> irb(main):005:0> Magick
> => Magick
> irb(main):006:0> exit
>
> [SECOND SESSION]
>
> $ irb
> irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
> => true
> irb(main):002:0> require 'rmagick'
> => false
> irb(main):003:0> require 'RMagick'
> => true
>
What version of RMagick do you have installed?

In the 2nd session, when require returns "false", try this:

puts Magick::Long_version

What happens?