From: Tim Pease <tim.pease@...>
Date: 2007-01-18T08:33:14+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGems 0.9.1 problem (was Re: Struggling With RubyGems)

On 1/17/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Jan 17, 2007, at 4:17 PM, David Goodlad wrote:
>
> > On 1/17/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> >> On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:42 PM, Gregory Seidman wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 06:29:09AM +0900, James Edward Gray II
> >> wrote:
> >> >> I can't seen to query or install gems over here.  Is anyone else
> >> >> seeing something like this, or have I screwed up my local install?
> >> >>
> >> >> $ gem query -r --name-matches highline
> >> >>
> >> >> *** REMOTE GEMS ***
> >> >> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
> >> >>     undefined method `refresh' for #<Hash:0x57c704>
> >> >
> >> > I'm getting the same thing after upgrading to 0.9.1, and on gem
> >> > install or
> >> > gem update as well. Help?
> >>
> >> This does appear to be related to my upgrade to 0.9.1.  Downgrading
> >> has resolved the issue, for now.
> >
> > I had the same issue. Deleting the 'source_cache' file from my gems
> > directory solved it for me.
>
> Doing that with a 0.9.1 install does restore the ability to query.  I
> cannot install with it though:
>
> $ gem -v
> 0.9.1
> $ gem query -r --name-matches highline
>
> *** REMOTE GEMS ***
> Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
>
> highline (1.2.5, 1.2.4, 1.2.3, 1.2.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.0, 1.0.4, 1.0.2,
> 1.0.1, 1.0.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.0, 0.5.0, 0.4.0, 0.3.0, 0.2.0)
>      HighLine is a high-level command-line IO library.
> $ sudo gem install highline
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
>      undefined method `source_index' for #<Hash:0x2dbaa1c>
>

James, did you clear out the source_cache for root?

Your query worked because you did it as you.  Your install did not
work because you tried to do it as root.

Just a thought.

Blessings,
TwP