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Class: Gem::PathSupport

Relationships & Source Files
Inherits: Object
Defined in: lib/rubygems/path_support.rb

Overview

PathSupport facilitates the GEM_HOME and GEM_PATH environment settings to the rest of RubyGems.

Class Method Summary

Instance Attribute Summary

Constructor Details

.new(env = ENV) ⇒ PathSupport

Constructor. Takes a single argument which is to be treated like a hashtable, or defaults to ENV, the system environment.

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# File 'lib/rubygems/path_support.rb', line 24

def initialize(env=ENV)
  @env = env

  # note 'env' vs 'ENV'...
  @home     = env["GEM_HOME"] || ENV["GEM_HOME"] || Gem.default_dir

  if File::ALT_SEPARATOR then
    @home   = @home.gsub(File::ALT_SEPARATOR, File::SEPARATOR)
  end

  self.path = env["GEM_PATH"] || ENV["GEM_PATH"]

  @spec_cache_dir =
    env["GEM_SPEC_CACHE"] || ENV["GEM_SPEC_CACHE"] ||
      Gem.default_spec_cache_dir

  @spec_cache_dir = @spec_cache_dir.dup.untaint
end

Instance Attribute Details

#home (rw)

The default system path for managing Gems.

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# File 'lib/rubygems/path_support.rb', line 9

attr_reader :home

#home=(home) (rw, private)

Set the ::Gem home directory (as reported by Gem.dir).

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# File 'lib/rubygems/path_support.rb', line 48

def home=(home)
  @home = home.to_s
end

#path (rw)

Array of paths to search for Gems.

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# File 'lib/rubygems/path_support.rb', line 13

attr_reader :path

#path=(gpaths) (rw, private)

Set the ::Gem search path (as reported by Gem.path).

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# File 'lib/rubygems/path_support.rb', line 55

def path=(gpaths)
  # FIX: it should be [home, *path], not [*path, home]

  gem_path = []

  # FIX: I can't tell wtf this is doing.
  gpaths ||= (ENV['GEM_PATH'] || "").empty? ? nil : ENV["GEM_PATH"]

  if gpaths
    if gpaths.kind_of?(Array)
      gem_path = gpaths.dup
    else
      gem_path = gpaths.split(Gem.path_separator)
    end

    if File::ALT_SEPARATOR then
      gem_path.map! do |this_path|
        this_path.gsub File::ALT_SEPARATOR, File::SEPARATOR
      end
    end

    gem_path << @home
  else
    gem_path = Gem.default_path + [@home]

    if defined?(APPLE_GEM_HOME)
      gem_path << APPLE_GEM_HOME
    end
  end

  @path = gem_path.uniq
end