From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2009-12-31T09:53:16+09:00
Subject: Re: SystemStackError with gem installs, 1.8.7-p248

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:41:06PM +0900, Daniel Berger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I upgraded to ruby 1.8.7 p248 yesterday. Since then I've started
> seeing these error messages on gem installs:
> 
> dberger@globe-madison ~>sudo gem install sys-filesystem
> Password:
> Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> Successfully installed sys-filesystem-0.3.2
> 1 gem installed
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (SystemStackError)
>     stack level too deep
> 
> The gem appears to install fine. It's just that final error message
> that's started showing up. I saw the same thing with passenger. Here's
> my environment:

Maybe it's happening when the RDoc gets generated?  What version of RDoc
do you have installed?

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