Bugzilla Bug 186937

rubygems contains gem_server which starts a web-server that offers rdoc of all
installed gems
if someone wants to start this server an init-script is handy

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Created an attachment (id=126266) [details]
/etc/init.d/gem_server

init script

Created an attachment (id=126268) [details]
/etc/conf.d/gem_server

config

Thanks for contributing! I have some questions though.

/usr/bin/gem_server is executable. Why do I have to run it via /usr/bin/ruby?
I see you define $CONFIG but it does not get used. Am I missing something or is
it just bogus? Ah and $PID definition should be moved to /etc/conf.d/gem_server
as well, just in case someone wants to change the path.
And the initscript should depend on net besides localmount because I don't
think gem_server is really useful without a connection.
Final note, we also need "Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation blah blah..". I hope
you don't mind.

Sorry I talk too much :-X

I dont remember why i used "ruby gem_server"  instead of "gem_server". In the
beginning i had problems with start-stop-daemon. I think i used it in a wrong
way and one of the things i did to fix my problem was using ruby. It might have
been because of the PID-file. If you dont like it try without which might work
or not ;).

The config is used, try "-p 10000" or something like in the configfile. I dont
think the name of the pidfile should be configured by any user.

You are right it should depend on net.

I dont mind add whatever you need.

I have added the scripts to rubygems-0.9.4-r1. Thank you for contributing.

(In reply to comment #4)
> I dont remember why i used "ruby gem_server"  instead of "gem_server". In the
> beginning i had problems with start-stop-daemon. I think i used it in a wrong
> way and one of the things i did to fix my problem was using ruby. It might have
> been because of the PID-file. If you dont like it try without which might work
> or not ;).

Tried and failed. Apparently start-stop-daemon does not like shebang scripts

> 
> The config is used, try "-p 10000" or something like in the configfile.

Sure. But the variable $CONFIG is not used. /etc/conf.d/gem_server will get
read no matter $CONFIG is defined. I still want to get rid of CONFIG assignment
in the script unless it's there on purpose. I have removed it for now. If you
still see the variable needed, tell me.

> 
> You are right it should depend on net.
> 
> I dont mind add whatever you need.
>