[patch] work around the missing exit status until rubygems is fixed

fix-gems-eclass-missing-exit-status.patch (text/plain), 981 bytes, created by Marco Matthies on 2008-02-17 13:28:24 UTC

--- gems.eclass.backup	2008-02-17 14:14:48.000000000 +0100
+++ gems.eclass	2008-02-17 14:20:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -65,8 +65,20 @@
 	fi
 
 	dodir ${GEMSDIR}
-	gem install ${GEM_SRC} --version ${PV} ${myconf} \
-		--local --install-dir "${D}/${GEMSDIR}" || die "gem install failed"
+
+	# work around the fact that gem doesn't always set its exit status
+	# when the install command failed
+	# known for rubygems-1.0.1, probably older versions as well
+	# see gentoo bug 207247  http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207247
+	# and rubygems bug 17438
+	# http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=17438&group_id=126&atid=575
+	local out=$(gem install ${GEM_SRC} --version ${PV} ${myconf} \
+		--local --install-dir "${D}/${GEMSDIR}" 2>&1 || die "gem install failed")
+	echo "$out"
+	if echo "$out" | grep -q '^ERROR'; then
+		die "gem install failed (deduced from its output, NOT the exit status)"
+	fi
+
 
 	if [[ -d "${D}/${GEMSDIR}/bin" ]] ; then
 		exeinto /usr/bin