Rails incorrectly imposes version number as last part of gem directory name

Correction, this only applies to frozen gems.

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I've attached a test

+1

Applies cleanly to 2-3-stable, tests pass. :)

I'm having the same problem, but it took me a little while to find this ticket. The error message I'm getting is:

Malformed version number string mswin32 (ArgumentError)

Hopefully that makes the ticket easier to search for. :) I had also written up steps to reproduce the bug, which I'm including just for reference:

rails gem_bug_sandbox
cd gem_bug_sandbox
vim config\environment.rb
# # Add a gem with native extensions, such as nokogiri 1.4.2:
# config.gem 'nokogiri', :version => '1.4.2'
rake gems:install
rake gems:unpack

To get the error message:

ruby script\server
=> Booting WEBrick
=> Rails 2.3.5 application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/version.rb:107:in `initialize': Malformed version number string mswin32 (ArgumentError)

In the meantime, I'm just not unpacking the problem gems. It's not ideal, but it works.

Just curious: how relevant is this ticket with Bundler now being the new hotness? (Does the fix mainly affect Rails 2?)

Ben,

Actually this change exclusively affects Rails 2.3.x. Rails 2 is maintained even now when Rails 3 is out.

David,

Good to know. Thanks.