Rails - Dec 2005 - rdocs fail to build on Tiger [/usr/local/lib]

If I install Rails on Tiger using the built-in Ruby, [so that the  
Gems end up in /usr/lib/ruby] everything installs correctly.

But I have now built ruby 1.8.3 into the /usr/local space, and if I  
install Rails into that [so that the Gems end up in /usr/local/lib/ 
ruby] the actual gems install, but it fails during installation of  
the rdocs:

. . .
Successfully installed actionwebservice-1.0.0
Installing RDoc documentation for activesupport-1.2.5...
Installing RDoc documentation for activerecord-1.13.2...
Installing RDoc documentation for actionpack-1.11.2...


RDoc failure in lib/action_controller/routing.rb at or around line  
117 column -517614796

Before reporting this, could you check that the file
you''re documenting compiles cleanly--RDoc is not a
full Ruby parser, and gets confused easily if fed
invalid programs.

The internal error was:

ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
     unget past beginning of file

Derek Chesterfield wrote:
> If I install Rails on Tiger using the built-in Ruby, [so that the  Gems 
> end up in /usr/lib/ruby] everything installs correctly.
> 
> But I have now built ruby 1.8.3 into the /usr/local space, and if I  
> install Rails into that [so that the Gems end up in /usr/local/lib/ 
> ruby] the actual gems install, but it fails during installation of  the 
> rdocs:
> 
> . . .
> Successfully installed actionwebservice-1.0.0
> Installing RDoc documentation for activesupport-1.2.5...
> Installing RDoc documentation for activerecord-1.13.2...
> Installing RDoc documentation for actionpack-1.11.2...
> 
> 
> RDoc failure in lib/action_controller/routing.rb at or around line  117 
> column -517614796
> 
> Before reporting this, could you check that the file
> you''re documenting compiles cleanly--RDoc is not a
> full Ruby parser, and gets confused easily if fed
> invalid programs.
> 
> The internal error was:
> 
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
>     unget past beginning of file
Try this:

$ sudo gem rdoc actionpack

In my case it failed when trying to generate RDoc for activerecord 
during installation, but I''ve had no problems generating the RDoc as a 
separate step.

regards

   Justin

Thanks for the tip - that does indeed install the rdocs successfully.

On 14 Dec 2005, at 05:42, Justin Forder wrote:
> Derek Chesterfield wrote:
>> If I install Rails on Tiger using the built-in Ruby, [so that the   
>> Gems end up in /usr/lib/ruby] everything installs correctly.
>> But I have now built ruby 1.8.3 into the /usr/local space, and if  
>> I  install Rails into that [so that the Gems end up in /usr/local/ 
>> lib/ ruby] the actual gems install, but it fails during  
>> installation of  the rdocs.
>
> Try this:
> $ sudo gem rdoc actionpack
>
> In my case it failed when trying to generate RDoc for activerecord  
> during installation, but I''ve had no problems generating the RDoc
> as a separate step.