From: James Harrison <oscartheduck@...>
Date: 2010-05-23T06:34:56+09:00
Subject: Re: rubygems freezes with expand_path error

> 
> 
> # gem list
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:471:in `expand_path': No such file or
> directory - getcwd (Errno::ENOENT)
>        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:471:in `find_files'
>        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:470:in `map'
>        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:470:in `find_files'
>        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:1103
>        from /usr/bin/gem:8:in `require'
>        from /usr/bin/gem:8
> 
> what happened?
> 
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Looks like the current working directory for the ruby process was erased as part of the earlier gem uninstall. "getcwd (Errno::ENOENT)"