From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2008-08-05T11:48:37+09:00
Subject: Re: "gem install rails –r" => (URI: :InvalidURIError)

Hi Eric,

Thanks for looking into this issue.  It's not life or death for me:  I
can alway switch back painlessly to 1.8.6.
The results per your request follow below.

Best wishes,
Richard

K:\>gem env
RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0.1824
  - RUBY VERSION: 1.9.0 (2008-07-25 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32]
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.0
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: K:/_Utilities/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: K:/_Utilities/Ruby/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - x86-mswin32-60
  - GEM PATHS:
     - K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.0
     - F:/Documents and Settings/RLMuller/.gem
  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
     - :update_sources => true
     - :verbose => true
     - :benchmark => false
     - :backtrace => false
     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
     - :sources => ["http://gems.rubyforge.org", "http://
gems.rubyonrails.org"]
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - http://gems.rubyforge.org
     - http://gems.rubyonrails.org

K:\>gem --debug install rails -r
Exception `NameError' at K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/
command_manager.rb:134 - uninitialized constant
Gem::Commands::InstallCommand
Exception `Errno::EEXIST' at K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/
fileutils.rb:243 - File exists - F:/Documents and Settings/
RLMuller/.gem/specs/gems.rub
yforge.org%80
Exception `URI::InvalidURIError' at K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/
uri/common.rb:436 - bad URI(is not URI?):
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (URI::InvalidURIError)
    bad URI(is not URI?):
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/uri/common.rb:436:in `split'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/uri/common.rb:485:in `parse'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:
237:in `open_uri_or_path'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:
249:in `open_uri_or_path'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb:
142:in `fetch_path'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb:
193:in `load_specs'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb:
173:in `block in list'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb:
165:in `each'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb:
165:in `list'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb:
116:in `find_matching'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb:
62:in `fetch'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/
dependency_installer.rb:94:in `find_gems_with_sources'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/
dependency_installer.rb:187:in `find_spec_by_name_and_version'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/
dependency_installer.rb:208:in `install'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/commands/
install_command.rb:73:in `block in execute'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/commands/
install_command.rb:70:in `each'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/commands/
install_command.rb:70:in `execute'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/command.rb:136:in
`invoke'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/command_manager.rb:
105:in `process_args'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/command_manager.rb:
75:in `run'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rubygems/gem_runner.rb:39:in
`run'
        K:/_Utilities/Ruby/bin/gem.bat:32:in `<main>'



Eric Hodel wrote:
> On Aug 4, 2008, at 16:08 PM, RichardOnRails wrote:
> > I installed Ruby 1.9.0-03 (ruby 1.9.0 (2008-07-25 revision 18217)
> > [i386-mswin32]) over WinXP/SP2 a few days ago.  It works great.
> >
> > That installation included gem 1.2.0.1824.  I searched for a Rails gem
> > and got:
> >
> > K:\_Utilities\Ruby>gem list rails -r
> > *** REMOTE GEMS ***
> > rails (2.1.0)
> > [snip]
> >
> > I tried a number of permutations/combinations of:
> > gem install rails �r
> >
> > They all failed with:
> > ERROR:  While executing gem ... (URI::InvalidURIError)
> >    bad URI(is not URI?):
> >
> > Gem under my Ruby 1.8.6 installation was working fine a while back.
> > My Firefox 2.0 browser is working fine.  Any idea what the problem
> > might be?
>
> Please report:
>
> gem env
>
> gem --debug install rails -r