ignoring ~/.gemrc options

[jpcirrus]

specific_install 0.2.11, ruby 2.0.0, os x 10.9.4:

When installing with say sudo gem specific_install -l https://github.com/hisashim/docdiff.git the options specified in the ~/.gemrc are ignored. But when using sudo gem install docdiff the options in ~/.gemrc are applied.

[zph]

Interesting. Thanks for using specific_install and for reporting this issue 🐱.

I wonder if gem-install does a lookup to check whether it's running under sudo and then reaches back for the user's ~/.gemrc.

What's the result of your gemrc being ignored? Is it settings such as --no-ri --no-rdoc ?

[jpcirrus]

My ~/.gemrc is:

install: --bindir /usr/local/bin --no-prerelease --no-document --env-shebang
update:  --bindir /usr/local/bin --no-prerelease --no-document --env-shebang

What's happening is that the scripts are being installed into /usr/bin and their shebang is /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby instead of /usr/bin/env ruby which means my updated ruby in /usr/local/bin is not being used. Not the end of the world as I am moving and editing them as required -- just means I have to think a bit :)

[rdp]

yikes is there even a work around? Can it even know who the calling user
was before it entered sudo land?
Maybe you can put options in something equivalent to /etc/gemrc or some odd?

On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 4:44 AM, John Purnell [email protected]
wrote:

specific_install 0.2.11, ruby 2.0.0, os x 10.9.4:

When installing with say sudo gem specific_install -l
https://github.com/hisashim/docdiff.git the options specified in the
~/.gemrc are ignored. But when using sudo gem install docdiff the options
in ~/.gemrc are applied.

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[jpcirrus]

The global file is unfortunately system dependant:

[src]$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
=> false
irb(main):002:0> Gem::ConfigFile::SYSTEM_WIDE_CONFIG_FILE
=> "/Library/Ruby/Site/gemrc"

I don't know how rubygems is getting the correct ~/.gemrc but when I do:

[src]$ sudo echo $USER
[sudo] jp@JP-MBP's password:
jp

the correct user id is returned.

[skull-squadron]

Same issue here.

---
gem: --no-document

and it seems to always builds docs.