From: Le Couey <LeCouey@...>
Date: 2011-06-05T08:57:17+09:00
Subject: Re: rubygems-update 1.8.5 Released

On 6/4/2011 4:40 PM, Luis Lavena wrote:

> The problem is not HOMEPATH, or \ or / in the variable.
>
> Please do "gem env" and provide that information.
>
> Ruby uses a combination of HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH variables when
> "HOME" variable is not defined, and then it will fall back to
> USERPROFILE
>
> So, please provide details about HOME, HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH values,
> also ensure the variables ARE assigned or try doing this:
>
> SET HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
>
> And see what this produces:
>
> ruby -ve "puts File.expand_path('~')"
>
> --
> Luis Lavena
>
Luis,

Thanks!

Everything appears to have worked (see following):

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>gem env
RubyGems Environment:
  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.8.4
  - RUBY VERSION: 1.9.2 (2010-08-18 patchlevel 0) [i386-mingw32]
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: C:/lan/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1
  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: C:/lan/Ruby192/bin/ruby.exe
  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: C:/lan/Ruby192/bin
  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    - ruby
    - x86-mingw32
  - GEM PATHS:
     - C:/lan/Ruby192/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1
  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
     - :update_sources => true
     - :verbose => true
     - :benchmark => false
     - :backtrace => false
     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - http://rubygems.org/

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C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>set home
HOME=C:\%HOMEPATH%
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Lawrence

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>echo '%HOME%'
'C:\%HOMEPATH%'

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>set USERPROFILE
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>ruby -ve "puts File.expand_path('~')"
ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32]
C:/%HOMEPATH%

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C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>set HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>SET HOME
HOME=C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Lawrence

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>ruby -ve "puts File.expand_path('~')"
ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32]
C:/Documents and Settings/Lawrence

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>
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C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>gem update --system
Updating rubygems-update
Fetching: rubygems-update-1.8.5.gem (100%)
Temporarily enhancing PATH to include DevKit...
Successfully installed rubygems-update-1.8.5
Installing RubyGems 1.8.5
RubyGems 1.8.5 installed
unable to convert U+0160 from UTF-8 to IBM437 for History.txt, skipping
unable to convert U+0160 from UTF-8 to IBM437 for History.txt, skipping

n++=== 1.8.5 / 2011-05-31

* 2 minor enhancement:

  * The -u option to 'update local source cache' is official deprecated.
  * Remove has_rdoc deprecations from Specification.

* 2 bug fixes:

  * Handle bad specs more gracefully.
  * Reset any Gem paths changed in the installer.


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RubyGems installed the following executables:
        C:/lan/Ruby192/bin/gem

RubyGems system software updated

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>time
The current time is: 17:15:20.62
Enter the new time:

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>date
The current date is: Sat 06/04/2011
Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy)

C:\Documents and Settings\Lawrence>

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