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  • rubygems.rb
  • rubygems/builder.rb
  • rubygems/command.rb
  • rubygems/command_manager.rb
  • rubygems/commands/build_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/cert_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/check_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/cleanup_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/contents_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/dependency_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/environment_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/fetch_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/generate_index_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/help_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/install_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/list_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/lock_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/outdated_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/owner_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/pristine_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/push_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/query_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/rdoc_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/search_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/server_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/setup_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/sources_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/specification_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/stale_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/uninstall_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/unpack_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/update_command.rb
  • rubygems/commands/which_command.rb
  • rubygems/config_file.rb
  • rubygems/custom_require.rb
  • rubygems/defaults.rb
  • rubygems/dependency.rb
  • rubygems/dependency_installer.rb
  • rubygems/dependency_list.rb
  • rubygems/deprecate.rb
  • rubygems/doc_manager.rb
  • rubygems/errors.rb
  • rubygems/exceptions.rb
  • rubygems/ext.rb
  • rubygems/ext/builder.rb
  • rubygems/ext/configure_builder.rb
  • rubygems/ext/ext_conf_builder.rb
  • rubygems/ext/rake_builder.rb
  • rubygems/format.rb
  • rubygems/gem_openssl.rb
  • rubygems/gem_path_searcher.rb
  • rubygems/gem_runner.rb
  • rubygems/gemcutter_utilities.rb
  • rubygems/indexer.rb
  • rubygems/install_update_options.rb
  • rubygems/installer.rb
  • rubygems/installer_test_case.rb
  • rubygems/local_remote_options.rb
  • rubygems/mock_gem_ui.rb
  • rubygems/old_format.rb
  • rubygems/package.rb
  • rubygems/package/f_sync_dir.rb
  • rubygems/package/tar_header.rb
  • rubygems/package/tar_input.rb
  • rubygems/package/tar_output.rb
  • rubygems/package/tar_reader.rb
  • rubygems/package/tar_reader/entry.rb
  • rubygems/package/tar_test_case.rb
  • rubygems/package/tar_writer.rb
  • rubygems/package_task.rb
  • rubygems/path_support.rb
  • rubygems/platform.rb
  • rubygems/psych_tree.rb
  • rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
  • rubygems/require_paths_builder.rb
  • rubygems/requirement.rb
  • rubygems/security.rb
  • rubygems/server.rb
  • rubygems/source_index.rb
  • rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb
  • rubygems/specification.rb
  • rubygems/syck_hack.rb
  • rubygems/test_case.rb
  • rubygems/test_utilities.rb
  • rubygems/text.rb
  • rubygems/uninstaller.rb
  • rubygems/user_interaction.rb
  • rubygems/validator.rb
  • rubygems/version.rb
  • rubygems/version_option.rb

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Gem

Provides a single method deprecate to be used to declare when something is going away.

class Legacy
  def self.klass_method
    # ...
  end

  def instance_method
    # ...
  end

  extend Gem::Deprecate
  deprecate :instance_method, "X.z", 2011, 4

  class << self
    extend Gem::Deprecate
    deprecate :klass_method, :none, 2011, 4
  end
end

Constants

GEM_PRELUDE_SUCKAGE

Only MRI 1.9.2 has the custom prelude.

MARSHAL_SPEC_DIR

Location of Marshal quick gemspecs on remote repositories

QUICKLOADER_SUCKAGE
VERSION
WIN_PATTERNS

An Array of Regexps that match windows ruby platforms.

Attributes

loaded_specs[R]

Hash of loaded Gem::Specification keyed by name

post_build_hooks[R]

The list of hooks to be run before Gem::Install#install finishes installation

post_install_hooks[R]

The list of hooks to be run before Gem::Install#install does any work

post_reset_hooks[R]

The list of hooks to be run after Gem::Specification.reset is run.

post_uninstall_hooks[R]

The list of hooks to be run before Gem::Uninstall#uninstall does any work

pre_install_hooks[R]

The list of hooks to be run after Gem::Install#install is finished

pre_reset_hooks[R]

The list of hooks to be run before Gem::Specification.reset is run.

pre_uninstall_hooks[R]

The list of hooks to be run after Gem::Uninstall#uninstall is finished

ssl_available[W]

Is SSL available?

Public Class Methods

activate(dep, *requirements) click to toggle source

Activates an installed gem matching dep. The gem must satisfy requirements.

Returns true if the gem is activated, false if it is already loaded, or an exception otherwise.

Gem#activate adds the library paths in dep to $LOAD_PATH. Before a Gem is activated its required Gems are activated. If the version information is omitted, the highest version Gem of the supplied name is loaded. If a Gem is not found that meets the version requirements or a required Gem is not found, a Gem::LoadError is raised.

More information on version requirements can be found in the Gem::Requirement and Gem::Version documentation.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 233
def self.activate(dep, *requirements)
  raise ArgumentError, "Deprecated use of Gem.activate(dep)" if
    Gem::Dependency === dep

  Gem::Specification.find_by_name(dep, *requirements).activate
end
            
all_load_paths() click to toggle source

An Array of all possible load paths for all versions of all gems in the Gem installation.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 256
def self.all_load_paths
  result = []

  Gem.path.each do |gemdir|
    each_load_path all_partials(gemdir) do |load_path|
      result << load_path
    end
  end

  result
end
            
available?(dep, *requirements) click to toggle source

See if a given gem is available.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 280
def self.available?(dep, *requirements)
  requirements = Gem::Requirement.default if requirements.empty?

  unless dep.respond_to?(:name) and dep.respond_to?(:requirement) then
    dep = Gem::Dependency.new dep, requirements
  end

  not dep.matching_specs(true).empty?
end
            
bin_path(name, exec_name = nil, *requirements) click to toggle source

Find the full path to the executable for gem name. If the exec_name is not given, the gem’s default_executable is chosen, otherwise the specified executable’s path is returned. requirements allows you to specify specific gem versions.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 296
def self.bin_path(name, exec_name = nil, *requirements)
  # TODO: fails test_self_bin_path_bin_file_gone_in_latest
  # Gem::Specification.find_by_name(name, *requirements).bin_file exec_name

  raise ArgumentError, "you must supply exec_name" unless exec_name

  requirements = Gem::Requirement.default if
    requirements.empty?

  specs = Gem::Dependency.new(name, requirements).matching_specs(true)

  raise Gem::GemNotFoundException,
        "can't find gem #{name} (#{requirements})" if specs.empty?

  specs = specs.find_all { |spec|
    spec.executables.include? exec_name
  } if exec_name

  unless spec = specs.last
    msg = "can't find gem #{name} (#{requirements}) with executable #{exec_name}"
    raise Gem::GemNotFoundException, msg
  end

  spec.bin_file exec_name
end
            
binary_mode() click to toggle source

The mode needed to read a file as straight binary.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 325
def self.binary_mode
  'rb'
end
            
bindir(install_dir=Gem.dir) click to toggle source

The path where gem executables are to be installed.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 332
def self.bindir(install_dir=Gem.dir)
  # TODO: move to Gem::Dirs
  return File.join install_dir, 'bin' unless
    install_dir.to_s == Gem.default_dir.to_s
  Gem.default_bindir
end
            
cache_dir(custom_dir=false) click to toggle source

Get the appropriate cache path.

Pass a string to use a different base path, or nil/false (default) for ::dir.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 720
def self.cache_dir(custom_dir=false)
  File.join(custom_dir || Gem.dir, "cache")
end
            
cache_gem(filename, user_dir=false) click to toggle source

Given a gem path, find the gem in cache.

Pass a string as the second argument to use a different base path, or nil/false (default) for ::dir.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 730
def self.cache_gem(filename, user_dir=false)
  cache_dir(user_dir).add(filename)
end
            
clear_paths() click to toggle source

Reset the dir and path values. The next time dir or path is requested, the values will be calculated from scratch. This is mainly used by the unit tests to provide test isolation.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 344
def self.clear_paths
  @@source_index = nil
  @paths         = nil
  @user_home     = nil
  @searcher      = nil
  Gem::Specification.reset
end
            
config_file() click to toggle source

The path to standard location of the user’s .gemrc file.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 355
def self.config_file
  @config_file ||= File.join Gem.user_home, '.gemrc'
end
            
configuration() click to toggle source

The standard configuration object for gems.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 362
def self.configuration
  @configuration ||= Gem::ConfigFile.new []
end
            
configuration=(config) click to toggle source

Use the given configuration object (which implements the ConfigFile protocol) as the standard configuration object.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 370
def self.configuration=(config)
  @configuration = config
end
            
datadir(gem_name) click to toggle source

The path the the data directory specified by the gem name. If the package is not available as a gem, return nil.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 378
  def self.datadir(gem_name)
# TODO: deprecate
    spec = @loaded_specs[gem_name]
    return nil if spec.nil?
    File.join spec.full_gem_path, "data", gem_name
  end
            
default_bindir() click to toggle source

The default directory for binaries

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 88
def self.default_bindir
  if defined? RUBY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION then # mac framework support
    '/usr/bin'
  else # generic install
    ConfigMap[:bindir]
  end
end
            
default_dir() click to toggle source

Default home directory path to be used if an alternate value is not specified in the environment

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 21
def self.default_dir
  path = if defined? RUBY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION then
           [
             File.dirname(ConfigMap[:sitedir]),
             'Gems',
             ConfigMap[:ruby_version]
           ]
         elsif ConfigMap[:rubylibprefix] then
           [
            ConfigMap[:rubylibprefix],
            'gems',
            ConfigMap[:ruby_version]
           ]
         else
           [
             ConfigMap[:libdir],
             ruby_engine,
             'gems',
             ConfigMap[:ruby_version]
           ]
         end

  @default_dir ||= File.join(*path)
end
            
default_exec_format() click to toggle source

Deduce Ruby’s –program-prefix and –program-suffix from its install name

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 74
def self.default_exec_format
  exec_format = ConfigMap[:ruby_install_name].sub('ruby', '%s') rescue '%s'

  unless exec_format =~ /%s/ then
    raise Gem::Exception,
      "[BUG] invalid exec_format #{exec_format.inspect}, no %s"
  end

  exec_format
end
            
default_path() click to toggle source

Default gem load path

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 63
def self.default_path
  if File.exist? Gem.user_home then
    [user_dir, default_dir]
  else
    [default_dir]
  end
end
            
default_rubygems_dirs() click to toggle source

Paths where RubyGems’ .rb files and bin files are installed

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 49
def self.default_rubygems_dirs
  nil # default to standard layout
end
            
default_sources() click to toggle source

An Array of the default sources that come with RubyGems

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 13
def self.default_sources
  %w[http://rubygems.org/]
end
            
default_system_source_cache_dir() click to toggle source

The default system-wide source info cache directory

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 99
def self.default_system_source_cache_dir
  File.join(Gem.dir, 'source_cache')
end
            
default_user_source_cache_dir() click to toggle source

The default user-specific source info cache directory

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 106
def self.default_user_source_cache_dir
  #
  # NOTE Probably an argument for moving this to per-ruby supported dirs like
  # user_dir
  #
  File.join(Gem.user_home, '.gem', 'source_cache')
end
            
deflate(data) click to toggle source

A Zlib::Deflate.deflate wrapper

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 388
def self.deflate(data)
  require 'zlib'
  Zlib::Deflate.deflate data
end
            
dir() click to toggle source

The path where gems are to be installed.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 408
def self.dir
  # TODO: raise "no"
  paths.home
end
            
ensure_gem_subdirectories(dir = Gem.dir) click to toggle source

Quietly ensure the named Gem directory contains all the proper subdirectories. If we can’t create a directory due to a permission problem, then we will silently continue.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 446
def self.ensure_gem_subdirectories dir = Gem.dir
  old_umask = File.umask
  File.umask old_umask | 002

  require 'fileutils'

  %w[cache doc gems specifications].each do |name|
    subdir = File.join dir, name
    next if File.exist? subdir
    FileUtils.mkdir_p subdir rescue nil # in case of perms issues -- lame
  end
ensure
  File.umask old_umask
end
            
ensure_ssl_available() click to toggle source

Ensure that SSL is available. Throw an exception if it is not.

 
               # File rubygems/gem_openssl.rb, line 31
def ensure_ssl_available
  unless ssl_available?
    raise Gem::Exception, "SSL is not installed on this system"
  end
end
            
find_files(glob, check_load_path=true) click to toggle source

Returns a list of paths matching glob that can be used by a gem to pick up features from other gems. For example:

Gem.find_files('rdoc/discover').each do |path| load path end

if check_load_path is true (the default), then ::find_files also searches $LOAD_PATH for files as well as gems.

Note that ::find_files will return all files even if they are from different versions of the same gem.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 473
def self.find_files(glob, check_load_path=true)
  files = []

  if check_load_path
    files = $LOAD_PATH.map { |load_path|
      Dir["#{File.expand_path glob, load_path}#{Gem.suffix_pattern}"]
    }.flatten.select { |file| File.file? file.untaint }
  end

  files.concat Gem::Specification.map { |spec|
    spec.matches_for_glob("#{glob}#{Gem.suffix_pattern}")
  }.flatten

  # $LOAD_PATH might contain duplicate entries or reference
  # the spec dirs directly, so we prune.
  files.uniq! if check_load_path

  return files
end
            
gunzip(data) click to toggle source

Zlib::GzipReader wrapper that unzips data.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 536
def self.gunzip(data)
  # TODO: move to utils
  require 'stringio'
  require 'zlib'
  data = StringIO.new data

  Zlib::GzipReader.new(data).read
end
            
gzip(data) click to toggle source

Zlib::GzipWriter wrapper that zips data.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 548
def self.gzip(data)
  # TODO: move to utils
  require 'stringio'
  require 'zlib'
  zipped = StringIO.new

  Zlib::GzipWriter.wrap zipped do |io| io.write data end

  zipped.string
end
            
host() click to toggle source

Get the default RubyGems API host. This is normally https://rubygems.org.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 572
def self.host
  # TODO: move to utils
  @host ||= "https://rubygems.org"
end
            
host=(host) click to toggle source

Set the default RubyGems API host.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 579
def self.host= host
  # TODO: move to utils
  @host = host
end
            
inflate(data) click to toggle source

A Zlib::Inflate#inflate wrapper

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 562
def self.inflate(data)
  # TODO: move to utils
  require 'zlib'
  Zlib::Inflate.inflate data
end
            
latest_load_paths() click to toggle source

Return a list of all possible load paths for the latest version for all gems in the Gem installation.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 588
def self.latest_load_paths
  result = []

  Gem.path.each do |gemdir|
    each_load_path(latest_partials(gemdir)) do |load_path|
      result << load_path
    end
  end

  result
end
            
latest_rubygems_version() click to toggle source
 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 949
def self.latest_rubygems_version
  latest_version_for "rubygems-update"
end
            
latest_spec_for(name) click to toggle source
 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 930
def self.latest_spec_for name
  dependency  = Gem::Dependency.new name
  fetcher     = Gem::SpecFetcher.fetcher
  spec_tuples = fetcher.find_matching dependency

  match = spec_tuples.select { |(n, _, p), _|
    n == name and Gem::Platform.match p
  }.sort_by { |(_, version, _), _|
    version
  }.last

  match and fetcher.fetch_spec(*match)
end
            
latest_version_for(name) click to toggle source
 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 944
def self.latest_version_for name
  spec = latest_spec_for name
  spec and spec.version
end
            
load_env_plugins() click to toggle source

Find all ‘rubygems_plugin’ files in $LOAD_PATH and load them

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1113
def self.load_env_plugins
  path = "rubygems_plugin"

  files = []
  $LOAD_PATH.each do |load_path|
    globbed = Dir["#{File.expand_path path, load_path}#{Gem.suffix_pattern}"]

    globbed.each do |load_path_file|
      files << load_path_file if File.file?(load_path_file.untaint)
    end
  end

  load_plugin_files files
end
            
load_path_insert_index() click to toggle source

The index to insert activated gem paths into the $LOAD_PATH.

Defaults to the site lib directory unless gem_prelude.rb has loaded paths, then it inserts the activated gem’s paths before the gem_prelude.rb paths so you can override the gem_prelude.rb default $LOAD_PATH paths.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 628
def self.load_path_insert_index
  index = $LOAD_PATH.index ConfigMap[:sitelibdir]

  if QUICKLOADER_SUCKAGE then
    $LOAD_PATH.each_with_index do |path, i|
      if path.instance_variables.include?(:@gem_prelude_index) or
          path.instance_variables.include?('@gem_prelude_index') then
        index = i
        break
      end
    end
  end

  index
end
            
load_plugin_files(plugins) click to toggle source

Load plugins as ruby files

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1086
def self.load_plugin_files(plugins)
  plugins.each do |plugin|

    # Skip older versions of the GemCutter plugin: Its commands are in
    # RubyGems proper now.

    next if plugin =~ /gemcutter-0\.[0-3]/

    begin
      load plugin
    rescue ::Exception => e
      details = "#{plugin.inspect}: #{e.message} (#{e.class})"
      warn "Error loading RubyGems plugin #{details}"
    end
  end
end
            
load_plugins() click to toggle source

Find all ‘rubygems_plugin’ files in installed gems and load them

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1106
def self.load_plugins
  load_plugin_files find_files('rubygems_plugin', false)
end
            
load_yaml() click to toggle source

Loads YAML, preferring Psych

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 649
def self.load_yaml
  return if @yaml_loaded

  test_syck = ENV['TEST_SYCK']

  unless test_syck
    begin
      gem 'psych', '~> 1.2', '>= 1.2.1'
    rescue Gem::LoadError
      # It's OK if the user does not have the psych gem installed.  We will
      # attempt to require the stdlib version
    end

    begin
      # Try requiring the gem version *or* stdlib version of psych.
      require 'psych'
    rescue ::LoadError
      # If we can't load psych, thats fine, go on.
    else
      # If 'yaml' has already been required, then we have to
      # be sure to switch it over to the newly loaded psych.
      if defined?(YAML::ENGINE) && YAML::ENGINE.yamler != "psych"
        YAML::ENGINE.yamler = "psych"
      end

      require 'rubygems/psych_additions'
      require 'rubygems/psych_tree'
    end
  end

  require 'yaml'

  # If we're supposed to be using syck, then we may have to force
  # activate it via the YAML::ENGINE API.
  if test_syck and defined?(YAML::ENGINE)
    YAML::ENGINE.yamler = "syck" unless YAML::ENGINE.syck?
  end

  # Now that we're sure some kind of yaml library is loaded, pull
  # in our hack to deal with Syck's DefaultKey ugliness.
  require 'rubygems/syck_hack'

  @yaml_loaded = true
end
            
loaded_path?(path) click to toggle source
 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1009
def self.loaded_path? path
  # TODO: ruby needs a feature to let us query what's loaded in 1.8 and 1.9
  re = /(^|\/)#{Regexp.escape path}#{Regexp.union(*Gem.suffixes)}$/
  $LOADED_FEATURES.any? { |s| s =~ re }
end
            
location_of_caller() click to toggle source

The file name and line number of the caller of the caller of this method.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 697
def self.location_of_caller
  caller[1] =~ /(.*?):(\d+).*?$/i
  file = $1
  lineno = $2.to_i

  # TODO: it is ALWAYS joined! STUPID!
  [file, lineno]
end
            
marshal_version() click to toggle source

The version of the Marshal format for your Ruby.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 709
def self.marshal_version
  "#{Marshal::MAJOR_VERSION}.#{Marshal::MINOR_VERSION}"
end
            
path() click to toggle source
 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 413
def self.path
  # TODO: raise "no"
  paths.path
end
            
paths() click to toggle source
 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 393
def self.paths
  @paths ||= Gem::PathSupport.new
end
            
paths=(env) click to toggle source
 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 397
def self.paths=(env)
  clear_paths
  @paths = Gem::PathSupport.new env
  Gem::Specification.dirs = @paths.path # FIX: home is at end
end
            
platforms() click to toggle source

Array of platforms this RubyGems supports.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 744
def self.platforms
  @platforms ||= []
  if @platforms.empty?
    @platforms = [Gem::Platform::RUBY, Gem::Platform.local]
  end
  @platforms
end
            
platforms=(platforms) click to toggle source

Set array of platforms this RubyGems supports (primarily for testing).

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 737
def self.platforms=(platforms)
  @platforms = platforms
end
            
post_build(&hook) click to toggle source

Adds a post-build hook that will be passed an Gem::Installer instance when Gem::Installer#install is called. The hook is called after the gem has been extracted and extensions have been built but before the executables or gemspec has been written. If the hook returns false then the gem’s files will be removed and the install will be aborted.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 759
def self.post_build(&hook)
  @post_build_hooks << hook
end
            
post_install(&hook) click to toggle source

Adds a post-install hook that will be passed an Gem::Installer instance when Gem::Installer#install is called

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 767
def self.post_install(&hook)
  @post_install_hooks << hook
end
            
post_reset(&hook) click to toggle source

Adds a hook that will get run after Gem::Specification.reset is run.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 775
def self.post_reset(&hook)
  @post_reset_hooks << hook
end
            
post_uninstall(&hook) click to toggle source

Adds a post-uninstall hook that will be passed a Gem::Uninstaller instance and the spec that was uninstalled when Gem::Uninstaller#uninstall is called

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 784
def self.post_uninstall(&hook)
  @post_uninstall_hooks << hook
end
            
pre_install(&hook) click to toggle source

Adds a pre-install hook that will be passed an Gem::Installer instance when Gem::Installer#install is called. If the hook returns false then the install will be aborted.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 793
def self.pre_install(&hook)
  @pre_install_hooks << hook
end
            
pre_reset(&hook) click to toggle source

Adds a hook that will get run before Gem::Specification.reset is run.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 801
def self.pre_reset(&hook)
  @pre_reset_hooks << hook
end
            
pre_uninstall(&hook) click to toggle source

Adds a pre-uninstall hook that will be passed an Gem::Uninstaller instance and the spec that will be uninstalled when Gem::Uninstaller#uninstall is called

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 810
def self.pre_uninstall(&hook)
  @pre_uninstall_hooks << hook
end
            
prefix() click to toggle source

The directory prefix this RubyGems was installed at. If your prefix is in a standard location (ie, rubygems is installed where you’d expect it to be), then prefix returns nil.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 819
def self.prefix
  prefix = File.dirname RUBYGEMS_DIR

  if prefix != File.expand_path(ConfigMap[:sitelibdir]) and
     prefix != File.expand_path(ConfigMap[:libdir]) and
     'lib' == File.basename(RUBYGEMS_DIR) then
    prefix
  end
end
            
promote_load_path(gem_name, over_name) click to toggle source

Promotes the load paths of the gem_name over the load paths of over_name. Useful for allowing one gem to override features in another using find_files.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 834
def self.promote_load_path(gem_name, over_name)
  gem = Gem.loaded_specs[gem_name]
  over = Gem.loaded_specs[over_name]

  raise ArgumentError, "gem #{gem_name} is not activated" if gem.nil?
  raise ArgumentError, "gem #{over_name} is not activated" if over.nil?

  last_gem_path = Gem::Path.path(gem.full_gem_path).add(gem.require_paths.last)

  over_paths = over.require_paths.map do |path|
    Gem::Path.path(over.full_gem_path).add(path).to_s
  end

  over_paths.each do |path|
    $LOAD_PATH.delete path
  end

  gem = $LOAD_PATH.index(last_gem_path) + 1

  $LOAD_PATH.insert(gem, *over_paths)
end
            
read_binary(path) click to toggle source

Safely read a file in binary mode on all platforms.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 868
def self.read_binary(path)
  File.open path, binary_mode do |f| f.read end
end
            
refresh() click to toggle source

Refresh ::source_index from disk and clear searcher.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 859
def self.refresh
  Gem::Specification.reset
  @source_index = nil
  @searcher = nil
end
            
required_location(gemname, libfile, *requirements) click to toggle source

Full path to libfile in gemname. Searches for the latest gem unless requirements is given.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 900
def self.required_location(gemname, libfile, *requirements)
  requirements = Gem::Requirement.default if requirements.empty?

  matches = Gem::Specification.find_all_by_name gemname, *requirements

  return nil if matches.empty?

  spec = matches.last
  spec.require_paths.each do |path|
    result = Gem::Path.path(spec.full_gem_path).add(path, libfile)
    return result if result.exist?
  end

  nil
end
            
ruby() click to toggle source

The path to the running Ruby interpreter.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 919
def self.ruby
  if @ruby.nil? then
    @ruby = File.join(ConfigMap[:bindir],
                      "#{ConfigMap[:ruby_install_name]}#{ConfigMap[:EXEEXT]}")

    @ruby = "\"#{@ruby}\"" if @ruby =~ /\s/
  end

  @ruby
end
            
ruby=(ruby) click to toggle source

Allows setting path to ruby. This method is available when requiring ‘rubygems/test_case’

 
               # File rubygems/test_case.rb, line 60
def self.ruby= ruby
  @ruby = ruby
end
            
ruby_engine() click to toggle source

A wrapper around RUBY_ENGINE const that may not be defined

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 117
def self.ruby_engine
  if defined? RUBY_ENGINE then
    RUBY_ENGINE
  else
    'ruby'
  end
end
            
ruby_version() click to toggle source

A Gem::Version for the currently running ruby.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 956
def self.ruby_version
  return @ruby_version if defined? @ruby_version
  version = RUBY_VERSION.dup

  if defined?(RUBY_PATCHLEVEL) && RUBY_PATCHLEVEL != -1 then
    version << ".#{RUBY_PATCHLEVEL}"
  elsif defined?(RUBY_REVISION) then
    version << ".dev.#{RUBY_REVISION}"
  end

  @ruby_version = Gem::Version.new version
end
            
searcher() click to toggle source

The GemPathSearcher object used to search for matching installed gems.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 972
def self.searcher
  @searcher ||= Gem::GemPathSearcher.new
end
            
searcher=(searcher) click to toggle source

Allows setting the gem path searcher. This method is available when requiring ‘rubygems/test_case’

 
               # File rubygems/test_case.rb, line 34
def self.searcher=(searcher)
  @searcher = searcher
end
            
source_index() click to toggle source

Returns the Gem::SourceIndex of specifications that are in the ::path

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 979
def self.source_index
  @@source_index ||= Gem::Deprecate.skip_during do
    SourceIndex.new Gem::Specification.dirs
  end
end
            
source_index=(si) click to toggle source

Allows setting the default SourceIndex. This method is available when requiring ‘rubygems/test_case’

 
               # File rubygems/test_case.rb, line 42
def self.source_index=(si)
  raise "This method is not supported"
  Gem::Specification.reset if si # HACK
  @@source_index = si
end
            
sources() click to toggle source

Returns an Array of sources to fetch remote gems from. If the sources list is empty, attempts to load the “sources” gem, then uses ::default_sources if it is not installed.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 990
def self.sources
  @sources ||= default_sources
end
            
sources=(new_sources) click to toggle source

Need to be able to set the sources without calling ::sources.replace since that would cause an infinite loop.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 998
def self.sources= new_sources
  @sources = new_sources
end
            
ssl_available?() click to toggle source

Is SSL (used by the signing commands) available on this platform?

 
               # File rubygems/gem_openssl.rb, line 19
def ssl_available?
  @ssl_available
end
            
suffix_pattern() click to toggle source

Glob pattern for require-able path suffixes.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1005
def self.suffix_pattern
  @suffix_pattern ||= "{#{suffixes.join(',')}}"
end
            
suffixes() click to toggle source

Suffixes for require-able paths.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1018
def self.suffixes
  @suffixes ||= ['',
                 '.rb',
                 *%w(DLEXT DLEXT2).map { |key|
                   val = RbConfig::CONFIG[key]
                   next unless val and not val.empty?
                   ".#{val}"
                 }
                ].compact.uniq
end
            
time(msg, width = 0, display = Gem.configuration.verbose) click to toggle source

Prints the amount of time the supplied block takes to run using the debug UI output.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1033
def self.time(msg, width = 0, display = Gem.configuration.verbose)
  now = Time.now

  value = yield

  elapsed = Time.now - now

  ui.say "%2$*1$s: %3$3.3fs" % [-width, msg, elapsed] if display

  value
end
            
try_activate(path) click to toggle source

Try to activate a gem containing path. Returns true if activation succeeded or wasn’t needed because it was already activated. Returns false if it can’t find the path in a gem.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 199
def self.try_activate path
  # TODO: deprecate when 1.9.3 comes out.
  # finds the _latest_ version... regardless of loaded specs and their deps

  # TODO: use find_all and bork if ambiguous

  spec = Gem::Specification.find_by_path path
  return false unless spec

  begin
    spec.activate
  rescue Gem::LoadError # this could fail due to gem dep collisions, go lax
    Gem::Specification.find_by_name(spec.name).activate
  end

  return true
end
            
ui() click to toggle source

Lazily loads DefaultUserInteraction and returns the default UI.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1048
def self.ui
  require 'rubygems/user_interaction'

  Gem::DefaultUserInteraction.ui
end
            
unresolved_deps() click to toggle source
 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 248
def self.unresolved_deps
  @unresolved_deps ||= Hash.new { |h, n| h[n] = Gem::Dependency.new n }
end
            
use_paths(home, *paths) click to toggle source

Use the home and paths values for ::dir and ::path. Used mainly by the unit tests to provide environment isolation.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1058
def self.use_paths(home, *paths)
  paths = nil if paths == [nil]
  paths = paths.first if Array === Array(paths).first
  self.paths = { "GEM_HOME" => home, "GEM_PATH" => paths }
  # TODO: self.paths = home, paths
end
            
user_dir() click to toggle source

Path for gems in the user’s home directory

 
               # File rubygems/defaults.rb, line 56
def self.user_dir
  File.join Gem.user_home, '.gem', ruby_engine, ConfigMap[:ruby_version]
end
            
user_home() click to toggle source

The home directory for the user.

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1068
def self.user_home
  @user_home ||= find_home
end
            
win_platform=(val) click to toggle source

Allows toggling Windows behavior. This method is available when requiring ‘rubygems/test_case’

 
               # File rubygems/test_case.rb, line 52
def self.win_platform=(val)
  @@win_platform = val
end
            
win_platform?() click to toggle source

Is this a windows platform?

 
               # File rubygems.rb, line 1075
def self.win_platform?
  if @@win_platform.nil? then
    @@win_platform = !!WIN_PATTERNS.find { |r| RUBY_PLATFORM =~ r }
  end

  @@win_platform
end
            

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