[DRE-maint] Bug#623768: rubygems1.8: ruby does not search for packages installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8

[Vincent Bernat]

Package: rubygems1.8
Version: 1.6.2-1
Severity: normal

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Hi!

I just tried to install a gem:

# aptitude install rubygems1.8
# gem install kramdown
$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'kramdown'
LoadError: no such file to load -- kramdown
from (irb):1:in require'
from (irb):1
from :0

With strace:

stat("/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/kramdown.rb", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/kramdown.so", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/kramdown.rb",
0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/kramdown.so",
0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/kramdown.rb", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/kramdown.so", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/kramdown.rb", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/kramdown.so", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/kramdown.rb",
0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/kramdown.so",
0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/kramdown.rb", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/kramdown.so", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/kramdown.rb", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/kramdown.so", 0x7fffffe10ff0) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/kramdown.rb", 0x7fffffe10ff0) =
- -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux/kramdown.so", 0x7fffffe10ff0) =
- -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("./kramdown.rb", 0x7fffffe10ff0)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
stat("./kramdown.so", 0x7fffffe10ff0)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)

It seems that ruby does not search in /var/lib/gems...

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages rubygems1.8 depends on:
ii  ruby1.8                      1.8.7.334-4 Interpreter of object-oriented scr

Versions of packages rubygems1.8 recommends:
ii  build-essential              11.5        Informational list of build-essent
ii  ruby1.8-dev                  1.8.7.334-4 Header files for compiling extensi

Versions of packages rubygems1.8 suggests:
pn  rubygems-doc                  <none>     (no description available)

- -- no debconf information

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