From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2007-01-25T22:34:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Gem unpack problem


On Jan 25, 2007, at 6:31 AM, Alex Young wrote:

> Does anybody have any idea why this happens?
>
> $ gem unpack hoe-1.1.7.gem
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
>     install directory "hoe-1.1.7" not absolute
> $ gem unpack hoe
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (ArgumentError)
>     install directory "hoe-1.1.7" not absolute
> $ gem -v
> 0.9.1
>
> This is on a relatively fresh Ubuntu install.
>
> --  
> Alex

https://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php? 
func=detail&aid=7980&group_id=126&atid=575

Probably a bug.  There's a suggested fix in the ticket comments.

-Rob

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