From: eeby <moctile@...>
Date: 2008-08-29T14:51:04+09:00
Subject: Gem command works locally, not on remote machine

I'm having some trouble with the gem command. On my local MacBook Pro
the gem command works fine...

$ sudo gem outdated
Password:

...just returns nothing, as expected.

$ sudo gem update --system
Updating RubyGems
Nothing to update
$

On my CentOS 5 VPS I get a completely different response...

$ su -
# gem outdated
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org

And it just stops there without returning to the command prompt. Same
deal with any gem subcommand I try.

Local gem environment:

  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.2.0
  - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [universal-
darwin8.0]
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/local/bin/ruby
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/local/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - universal-darwin-8
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
     - :update_sources => true
     - :verbose => true
     - :benchmark => false
     - :backtrace => false
     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
     - :sources => ["http://gems.rubyforge.org/", "http://
gems.github.com"]
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - http://gems.rubyforge.org/
     - http://gems.github.com

Remote:

gem environment
RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.0.1 (1.0.1)
  - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [x86_64-linux]
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/local/bin/ruby
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - x86_64-linux
  - GEM PATHS:
     - /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
     - :update_sources => true
     - :verbose => true
     - :benchmark => false
     - :backtrace => false
     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - http://gems.rubyforge.org

OK, the remote version is 1.0.1 and local is 1.2.0. I tried to upgrade
RubyGems by running...

gem update --system

but it froze without returning as described above.

Any ideas why this would be? Any suggestions for how to get gems
working?

Thanks,

E