Description of problem: rubygems package, on being installed does not install ruby-devel and gcc, if not installed already. Then it hangs while 'building native extensions' when installing packages which require ruby-devel headers or which require the gcc compiler. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.3.6 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: gem install sqlite sqlite3-ruby with ruby-devel and gcc not installed Actual results: Gems getting installed. Expected results: Crash. Additional info:
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This situation is still reproducible. This is more of a design decision than a difficult technical fix.
I don't think this is reasonable requirement. Binary Gems packaged for Fedora doesn't require GCC or ruby-devel, since they are already prebuild. Instead, I would suggest something in [1] fashion. It would even trigger installation of build dependencies if desired, but that is probably way to far ... [1] https://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/blob/master/resources/rubygems/operating_system.rb
+1 to Vít, "using" rubygems (on Fedora) shouldn't need development package by default.
I agree with the creator of this bug report, ruby-devel should be a dependency of the rubygems package; "gem install" will fail otherwise. The following is from an up to date Fedora 15 system: (root) localhost:~>gem install roo Fetching: ruby-ole-1.2.11.1.gem (100%) Fetching: spreadsheet-0.6.5.5.gem (100%) Fetching: nokogiri-1.5.0.gem (100%) Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing roo: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /usr/lib/ruby/ruby.h Gem files will remain installed in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.5.0 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/nokogiri-1.5.0/ext/nokogiri/gem_make.out (root) localhost:~>yum install -y ruby-devel Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, etckeeper, langpacks, presto, ps, refresh-packagekit Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package ruby-devel.x86_64 0:1.8.7.334-1.fc15 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Installing: ruby-devel x86_64 1.8.7.334-1.fc15 fedora 301 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Install 1 Package(s) Total download size: 301 k Installed size: 1.0 M Downloading Packages: Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata Processing delta metadata Package(s) data still to download: 301 k ruby-devel-1.8.7.334-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm | 301 kB 00:00 ... Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction etckeeper: pre transaction commit Installing : ruby-devel-1.8.7.334-1.fc15.x86_64 1/1 etckeeper: post transaction commit Installed: ruby-devel.x86_64 0:1.8.7.334-1.fc15 Complete! (root) localhost:~>gem install roo Building native extensions. This could take a while... ..... ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Fetching: oauth-0.4.5.gem (100%) Fetching: google-spreadsheet-ruby-0.1.5.gem (100%) Fetching: roo-1.9.5.gem (100%) Successfully installed nokogiri-1.5.0 Successfully installed oauth-0.4.5 Successfully installed google-spreadsheet-ruby-0.1.5 Successfully installed roo-1.9.5 4 gems installed Installing ri documentation for nokogiri-1.5.0... No definition for get_options No definition for set_options No definition for parse_memory No definition for parse_file No definition for parse_with Installing ri documentation for oauth-0.4.5... Installing ri documentation for google-spreadsheet-ruby-0.1.5... Installing ri documentation for roo-1.9.5... Installing RDoc documentation for nokogiri-1.5.0... No definition for get_options No definition for set_options No definition for parse_memory No definition for parse_file No definition for parse_with Installing RDoc documentation for oauth-0.4.5... Installing RDoc documentation for google-spreadsheet-ruby-0.1.5... Installing RDoc documentation for roo-1.9.5... (root) localhost:~>rpm -qf `type -p gem` rubygems-1.7.2-2.fc15.noarch (root) localhost:~>
Then you must install foo-devel, bar-devel, .... anything. Closing as NOTABUG.