From: Alex Young Date: 2007-01-25T22:46:37+09:00 Subject: Re: Gem unpack problem Rob Biedenharn wrote: > > 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. That looks like it. Thanks. -- Alex