From: Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@...>
Date: 2007-01-23T02:54:38+09:00
Subject: Re: gem install - install directory not absolute

On Jan 22, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Jeff wrote:

> Mark Volkmann wrote:
>
>> When I run ...
>> sudo gem install rails -y
>>
>> I get ...
>> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
>>      install directory "/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/./gems/
>> activesupport-1.4.0" not absolute
>>
>> The directory /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/gems/activesupport-1.4.0 does
>> exist.
>>
>>
>
> My guess is that you, like me, are running gem version 0.9.1.  After I
> upgraded to 0.9.1 this weekend (via gem update --system),
>

That's right. I did exactly that.

> I now get this error anytime I tried to freeze my rails app.
>
> But I'm on Windows XP -- maybe this is specific to the Windows version
> of RubyGems. What OS are you using?
>

I'm on Mac OS X, so it's not specific to Windows.