From: Jim Clark <diegoslice@...>
Date: 2008-01-12T09:02:09+09:00
Subject: Problems with first gem using Rake/Hoe

Hi,

I'm trying to package my first gem using Hoe (1.4.0) and am having 
difficulties with Rake (0.8.1) on a Windows XP system. What I notice is 
that when I execute the task through Rake, it will fail yet I can 
execute the task outside of Rake. For instance:

C:\rubylogparser>rake install_gem
(in C:/rubylogparser)
zip -r rubylogparser-0.1.0.zip rubylogparser-0.1.0
  Successfully built RubyGem
  Name: rubylogparser
  Version: 0.1.0
  File: rubylogparser-0.1.0.gem
gem install pkg/*.gem
rake aborted!
Command failed with status (0): [gem install pkg/*.gem...]

(See full trace by running task with --trace)

C:\rubylogparser>rake install_gem --trace
(in C:/rubylogparser)
** Invoke install_gem (first_time)
** Invoke clean (first_time)
** Invoke clobber_docs (first_time)
** Execute clobber_docs
** Invoke clobber_package (first_time)
** Execute clobber_package
** Execute clean
** Invoke package (first_time)
** Invoke pkg/rubylogparser-0.1.0.zip (first_time)
** Invoke pkg/rubylogparser-0.1.0 (first_time)
** Invoke EXAMPLES.txt (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke GUIDE.txt (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke History.txt (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke Manifest.txt (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke README.txt (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke Rakefile (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke examples/event_log.rb (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke examples/files.rb (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke examples/queryinfo.rb (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke examples/registry.rb (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke lib/rubylogparser.rb (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke test/test_rubylogparser.rb (first_time, not_needed)
** Execute pkg/rubylogparser-0.1.0
** Invoke EXAMPLES.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke GUIDE.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke History.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke Manifest.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke README.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke Rakefile (not_needed)
** Invoke examples/event_log.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke examples/files.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke examples/queryinfo.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke examples/registry.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke lib/rubylogparser.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke test/test_rubylogparser.rb (not_needed)
** Execute pkg/rubylogparser-0.1.0.zip
zip -r rubylogparser-0.1.0.zip rubylogparser-0.1.0
** Invoke gem (first_time)
** Invoke pkg/rubylogparser-0.1.0.gem (first_time)
** Invoke pkg (first_time, not_needed)
** Invoke EXAMPLES.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke GUIDE.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke History.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke Manifest.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke README.txt (not_needed)
** Invoke Rakefile (not_needed)
** Invoke examples/event_log.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke examples/files.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke examples/queryinfo.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke examples/registry.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke lib/rubylogparser.rb (not_needed)
** Invoke test/test_rubylogparser.rb (not_needed)
** Execute pkg/rubylogparser-0.1.0.gem
  Successfully built RubyGem
  Name: rubylogparser
  Version: 0.1.0
  File: rubylogparser-0.1.0.gem
** Execute gem
** Execute package
** Execute install_gem
gem install pkg/*.gem
rake aborted!
Command failed with status (0): [gem install pkg/*.gem...]
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:899:in `sh'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:906:in `call'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:906:in `sh'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:985:in `sh'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hoe-1.4.0/lib/hoe.rb:486:in `define_tasks'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:546:in `call'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:546:in `execute'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:541:in `each'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:541:in `execute'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:508:in 
`invoke_with_call_c
hain'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:501:in `synchronize'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:501:in 
`invoke_with_call_c
hain'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:494:in `invoke'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1931:in `invoke_task'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1909:in `top_level'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1909:in `each'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1909:in `top_level'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1948:in 
`standard_exceptio
n_handling'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1903:in `top_level'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1881:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1948:in 
`standard_exceptio
n_handling'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1878:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/bin/rake:31
c:/ruby/bin/rake:16:in `load'
c:/ruby/bin/rake:16

C:\rubylogparser>gem install pkg/*.gem
Successfully installed rubylogparser, version 0.1.0
Installing ri documentation for rubylogparser-0.1.0...
Installing RDoc documentation for rubylogparser-0.1.0...

C:\rubylogparser>rake ridocs
(in C:/rubylogparser)
 rdoc --ri -o ri .
rake aborted!
undefined method `exitstatus' for nil:NilClass

(See full trace by running task with --trace)

C:\rubylogparser>rake ridocs --trace
(in C:/rubylogparser)
** Invoke ridocs (first_time)
** Invoke clean (first_time)
** Invoke clobber_docs (first_time)
** Execute clobber_docs
** Invoke clobber_package (first_time)
** Execute clobber_package
** Execute clean
** Execute ridocs
 rdoc --ri -o ri .
rake aborted!
undefined method `exitstatus' for nil:NilClass
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:899:in `sh'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:906:in `call'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:906:in `sh'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:985:in `sh'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/hoe-1.4.0/lib/hoe.rb:546:in `define_tasks'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:546:in `call'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:546:in `execute'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:541:in `each'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:541:in `execute'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:508:in 
`invoke_with_call_c
hain'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:501:in `synchronize'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:501:in 
`invoke_with_call_c
hain'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:494:in `invoke'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1931:in `invoke_task'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1909:in `top_level'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1909:in `each'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1909:in `top_level'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1948:in 
`standard_exceptio
n_handling'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1903:in `top_level'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1881:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1948:in 
`standard_exceptio
n_handling'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1878:in `run'
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/bin/rake:31
c:/ruby/bin/rake:16:in `load'
c:/ruby/bin/rake:16

C:\rubylogparser>rdoc --ri -o ri .

                       event_log.rb:
                           files.rb:
                       queryinfo.rb:
                        registry.rb:
                   rubylogparser.rb: c...............
              test_rubylogparser.rb: c......
Generating RI...

Files:   6
Classes: 2
Modules: 0
Methods: 21
Elapsed: 1.803s

C:\rubylogparser>


Using Google, I see that I am not the only one who has seen these errors 
in various incarnations. Does anyone understand why Rake fails when the 
tasks succeed otherwise?

Thanks in advance,
Jim