[ANN] RubyGems 0.9.1

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= Announce: RubyGems Release 0.9.1

Finally, the much anticipated RubyGems version 0.9.1 is now available.
This release includes a number of new features and bug fixes.

The most important change in RubyGems 0.9.1 is that RubyGems no longer allows files to be installed outside of the installation directory. A separate security bulletin with full details will be posted shortly.

RubyGems 0.9.1 is a required update. The RubyForge gem repository will soon disallow installation by older versions of RubyGems. Manual installation will still be allowed.

== Upgrade note

While require_gem was deprecated in 0.9.0, the bin stubs are still using it (oops!). To get rid of the warnings printed by rake or other bin stubs simply run 'gem pristine --all'.

== Changes in RubyGems 0.9.1

Major changes include:

* RubyGems no longer allows installation of files outside the gem directory
* #require_gem will now print a warning, use #gem instead
* RubyGems now requires ruby 1.8.2 or greater
* RubyGems is -w clean

Minor changes include:

* gem command changes
   * new gem pristine command
   * new gem outdated command
   * new gem sources command
   * gem uninstall can uninstall multiple gems
   * gem install uses the cache instead of downloading
   * gem install returns non-zero exit code on failure
   * gem install can now set shebang on bin stubs (env or ruby)
   * gem help output now fits in 80 columns
* many proxy installation improvements
* gem cert improvements
* RubyGems is now easier to use as a library
   * Easier programatic installs
   * Easier inspection of local and remote gems
* extension building enhancements
* error reporting enhancements (less odd exceptions)
* require now loads .jar files

Bug fixes:

* installing from scratch fixed
* gem install --force forces
* installing from read-only location works
* gem uninstall requires full name
* gem install obeys GEM_HOME for bin scripts
* RubyGems now installs on ruby 1.9
* fixed issue with Gem::Specification#hash for JRuby
* RubyGems now installs RDoc and ri for itself
* RubyGems is now tab-free

== What is RubyGems?

RubyGems is a package management system for Ruby applications and
libraries. RubyGems' one command download makes installing Ruby software
fun and enjoyable again.

Many gems are available for download from the RubyForge site. Browse
the list of gems with a "gem list --remote" command and download what
you need with a simple "gem install <name-of-gem>". RubyGems takes care
of the details of installing, not only the gem you requested, but also
any gems needed by the software you selected.

== RubyGems Statistics

* About 1250 different gems are available from RubyForge
* Over 540 thousand downloads of the RubyGems software
* Over 8 million gem downloads

If you are interested in finding out when new gems are released, I
maintain an RSS feed at http://onestepback.org/gemwatch.rss.

== How can I get RubyGems?

If you have a recent version of RubyGems (0.8.5 or later), then all
you need to do is:

$ gem update --system # you might need to be admin/root
$ gem pristine --all # ... here too

(Note: You may have to run the command twice if you have any previosly
installed rubygems-update gems).

If you have an older version of RubyGems installed, then you can still
do it in two steps:

$ gem install rubygems-update # again, might need to be admin/root
$ update_rubygems # ... here too
$ gem pristine --all # and here

If you don't have any gems install, there is still the pre-gem
approach to getting software, doing it manually:

1. DOWNLOAD FROM: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126
2. UNPACK INTO A DIRECTORY AND CD THERE
3. INSTALL WITH: ruby setup.rb all (you may need admin/root privilege)

== What's Next

For RubyGems 0.9.2 the RubyGems team is looking to add:

* Integration of local and remote installation
* Automatic installation of platform-specific gems

== Thanks

Contributors to this release include:

Anatol Pomozov, Gavin Sinclair, David Lee, Ryan Davis, Robert James, Chris Morris, Sylvain Joyeux, Sava Chankov, Tom Pollard, Kevin Clark, Andy Shen.

Keep those gems coming!

-- Eric Hodel (for the RubyGems team)

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Where do I go wrong?

$ gem -v 0.9.0

$ gem update --system
Updating RubyGems... Attempting remote update of rubygems-update
Successfully installed rubygems-update-0.9.0
Updating version of RubyGems to 0.9.0
Installing RubyGems 0.9.0
....
Successfully built RubyGem
  Name: sources
  Version: 0.0.1
  File: sources-0.0.1.gem
RubyGems system software updated

$ gem -v 0.9.0

$ gem pristine --all ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
    Unknown command pristine

I even tried:

$ wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16451/rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
$ gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1
$ gem -v 0.9.0
$ gem pristine --all ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
    Unknown command pristine

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e-mail: parragh@dayka.hu
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i had a gem version 0.9.0 and got an error while the last line :

$ sudo gem pristine --all
ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
    Unknown command pristine

what to do ?

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Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:

If you have a recent version of RubyGems (0.8.5 or later), then all
you need to do is:

$ gem update --system # you might need to be admin/root
$ gem pristine --all # ... here too

--
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Eric Hodel wrote:

== What's Next

For RubyGems 0.9.2 the RubyGems team is looking to add:

* Integration of local and remote installation
* Automatic installation of platform-specific gems

How about checksums to verify that the gem you get from a mirror is the
real thing?

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I'm seeing almost the same thing here (running Mac OS X if it
matters), but at the end I get this:

As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed.
Searching $LOAD_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a while)...
...done.
No library stubs found.

  Successfully built RubyGem
  Name: sources
  Version: 0.0.1
  File: sources-0.0.1.gem
hook /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubygems-update-0.9.0/./post-install.rb
failed:
undefined method `post_install_message' for #<Gem::Specification:0x6f3dd0>
Try 'ruby setup.rb --help' for detailed usage.
RubyGems system software updated

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On 1/16/07, Parragh Szabolcs <parragh@dayka.hu> wrote:

$ gem update --system
Updating RubyGems...
Attempting remote update of rubygems-update
Successfully installed rubygems-update-0.9.0
Updating version of RubyGems to 0.9.0
Installing RubyGems 0.9.0
....

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Where do I go wrong?

$ gem -v 0.9.0

$ gem update --system
Updating RubyGems... Attempting remote update of rubygems-update
Successfully installed rubygems-update-0.9.0
Updating version of RubyGems to 0.9.0
Installing RubyGems 0.9.0
....
Successfully built RubyGem
Name: sources
Version: 0.0.1
File: sources-0.0.1.gem
RubyGems system software updated

The gem indexer isn't running. Please wait while Tom fixes. All gems are waiting on this since Hoe was poisoned.

$ gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1

You missed:

$ update_rubygems # ... here too

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On Jan 16, 2007, at 14:27, Parragh Szabolcs wrote:

$ gem -v 0.9.0
$ gem pristine --all ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
   Unknown command pristine

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I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!

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Parragh Szabolcs wrote:

Where do I go wrong?

$ gem -v 0.9.0

$ gem update --system
Updating RubyGems... Attempting remote update of rubygems-update
Successfully installed rubygems-update-0.9.0
Updating version of RubyGems to 0.9.0
Installing RubyGems 0.9.0
....
Successfully built RubyGem
Name: sources
Version: 0.0.1
File: sources-0.0.1.gem
RubyGems system software updated

$ gem -v 0.9.0

$ gem pristine --all ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
   Unknown command pristine

I even tried:

$ wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16451/rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
$ gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1
$ gem -v 0.9.0
$ gem pristine --all ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
   Unknown command pristine

I got the same thing -- I think you have to run something else after you install the rubygems-update gem. I ended up downloading the tarball from RubyForge and installing it directly. That worked and I'm now on RubyGems 0.9.1.

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Lyle Johnson wrote:

$ gem update --system
Updating RubyGems...
Attempting remote update of rubygems-update
Successfully installed rubygems-update-0.9.0
Updating version of RubyGems to 0.9.0
Installing RubyGems 0.9.0
....

I'm seeing almost the same thing here (running Mac OS X if it
matters), but at the end I get this:

As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed.
Searching $LOAD_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a while)...
...done.
No library stubs found.

Successfully built RubyGem
Name: sources
Version: 0.0.1
File: sources-0.0.1.gem
hook /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubygems-update-0.9.0/./post-install.rb
failed:
undefined method `post_install_message' for #<Gem::Specification:0x6f3dd0>
Try 'ruby setup.rb --help' for detailed usage.
RubyGems system software updated

On Kubuntu 6.10, with ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i686-linux]:

As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed.
Searching $LOAD_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a while)...
...done.
No library stubs found.

   Successfully built RubyGem
   Name: sources
   Version: 0.0.1
   File: sources-0.0.1.gem
RubyGems system software updated
james@james06:~/vhosts/cloudpanel.com/nitro$ gem help pristine
WARNING: Unknown command pristine. Try gem help commands

gem help commands does not list 'pristine'

Also, "gem --version" gives 0.9.0

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On 1/16/07, Parragh Szabolcs <parragh@dayka.hu> wrote:

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"I never dispute another person's delusions, just their facts."
   - Len Bullard

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To be clear, because of rubygems poisoning indexing has been turned off. Until gem indexing is back on, you must manually download and install the gem updater. The basic steps are:

% wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16451/rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
% sudo gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
% sudo update_rubygems
% sudo gem pristine --all

If you miss any of those steps, then things will (obviously) go wrong. If you don't have rubygems installed, or your version is < 0.8.5, then you can't use those steps and must do a full install.

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On Jan 16, 2007, at 7:56 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

Parragh Szabolcs wrote:

I even tried:

$ wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16451/rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
$ gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1
$ gem -v 0.9.0
...

I got the same thing -- I think you have to run something else after you install the rubygems-update gem. I ended up downloading the tarball from RubyForge and installing it directly. That worked and I'm now on RubyGems 0.9.1.

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Ryan Davis wrote:

> Parragh Szabolcs wrote:
>> I even tried:
>>
>> $ wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16451/rubygems-
>> update-0.9.1.gem
>> $ gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
>> Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1
>> $ gem -v 0.9.0
>> ...
> I got the same thing -- I think you have to run something else
> after you install the rubygems-update gem. I ended up downloading
> the tarball from RubyForge and installing it directly. That worked
> and I'm now on RubyGems 0.9.1.

To be clear, because of rubygems poisoning indexing has been turned
off. Until gem indexing is back on, you must manually download and
install the gem updater. The basic steps are:

% wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16451/rubygems-
update-0.9.1.gem
% sudo gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
% sudo update_rubygems
% sudo gem pristine --all

it doesn't work with my installation:

gem install c:\Downloads\rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem

...
Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubygems-update-0.9.1\bin>update_rubygems
Error: Cannot find RubyGems Update Path!

RubyGems has already been updated.
The rubygems-update gem may now be uninstalled.
E.g. gem uninstall rubygems-update

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubygems-update-0.9.1\bin>gem -v
0.9.0

here

ruby -e "print $LOAD_PATH"

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrtc:/ruby/
lib/ruby/site_rubyc:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32.

should I somehow extend the settings in $LOAD_PATH?

Artur

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On Jan 16, 2007, at 7:56 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

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I don't use your OS, so I can't help.

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On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:45 AM, Artur Merke wrote:

Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubygems-update-0.9.1\bin>update_rubygems
Error: Cannot find RubyGems Update Path!
[...]
should I somehow extend the settings in $LOAD_PATH?

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Artur Merke wrote:

Ryan Davis wrote:

Parragh Szabolcs wrote:
     

I even tried:

$ wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16451/rubygems-
update-0.9.1.gem
$ gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1
$ gem -v 0.9.0
...
       

I got the same thing -- I think you have to run something else
after you install the rubygems-update gem. I ended up downloading
the tarball from RubyForge and installing it directly. That worked
and I'm now on RubyGems 0.9.1.
     

To be clear, because of rubygems poisoning indexing has been turned
off. Until gem indexing is back on, you must manually download and
install the gem updater. The basic steps are:

% wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16451/rubygems-
update-0.9.1.gem
% sudo gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
% sudo update_rubygems
% sudo gem pristine --all
   
it doesn't work with my installation:

gem install c:\Downloads\rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
   

...
Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubygems-update-0.9.1\bin>update_rubygems
Error: Cannot find RubyGems Update Path!

RubyGems has already been updated.
The rubygems-update gem may now be uninstalled.
E.g. gem uninstall rubygems-update

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubygems-update-0.9.1\bin>gem -v
0.9.0

here

ruby -e "print $LOAD_PATH"
   

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrtc:/ruby/
lib/ruby/site_rubyc:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32.

should I somehow extend the settings in $LOAD_PATH?

Artur

Get gem from http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/16451/rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
CLOSE COMMAND PROMPT, OPEN NEW ONE (to refresh path)
update_rubygems (now successfully updates rubygems to 0.9.1)

gem pristine --all currently errors for me

gem pristine --all

Restoring gem(s) to pristine condition...
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Zlib::BufError)
    buffer error

I assume it's a temporarily problem, will try last step later.

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On Jan 16, 2007, at 7:56 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

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You probably have rubygems-update-0.9.0 installed as well.

I just uninstalled all versions of rubygems-update and installed
rubygems 0.9.1 from the source, then reinstalled
rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem. After that, 'gem pristine --all' worked fine.

Artur Merke wrote:

···

Ryan Davis wrote:

>> ...
update-0.9.1.gem
% sudo gem install rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem
% sudo update_rubygems
% sudo gem pristine --all

it doesn't work with my installation:

gem install c:\Downloads\rubygems-update-0.9.1.gem

...
Successfully installed rubygems-update, version 0.9.1

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubygems-update-0.9.1\bin>update_rubygems
Error: Cannot find RubyGems Update Path!

RubyGems has already been updated.
The rubygems-update gem may now be uninstalled.
E.g. gem uninstall rubygems-update

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\rubygems-update-0.9.1\bin>gem -v
0.9.0

here

ruby -e "print $LOAD_PATH"

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrtc:/ruby/
lib/ruby/site_rubyc:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32.

should I somehow extend the settings in $LOAD_PATH?

Artur

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Hi,

I seem to be having some trouble with thre "-p" or "--http-proxy" option
for installing/updating gems.

Mac OSX (Intel)
ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-25 patchlevel 12) [i686-darwin8.8.1]
gem 0.9.1

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

gem_plugin (0.2.1)
    A plugin system based only on rubygems that uses dependencies only

rubygems-update (0.9.1)
    RubyGems Update GEM

sources (0.0.1)
    This package provides download sources for remote gem installation

Try to install/update gems:

gem install rails
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)
    No route to host - connect(2)(Errno::EHOSTUNREACH)

That's OK - I am behind a firewall & proxy, so:

gem install rails -p http://192.168.1.31:3128
ERROR: While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
    undefined method `[]=' for #<Gem::ConfigFile:0x1085588>

gem install rails --http-proxy http://192.168.1.31:3128
ERROR: While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
    undefined method `[]=' for #<Gem::ConfigFile:0x1085588>

Hmmm.....

Any ideas?

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Andrew Skegg wrote:

Any ideas?

Should have tried on last thing before I posted:

export HTTP_PROXY = "http://proxy:3128"

This fixes the problem, but I still need to specify the "-p" switch, and
I am only behind this proxy at work which means I will be altering the
laptop all the time.

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Andrew Skegg wrote:

Andrew Skegg wrote:

Any ideas?

Should have tried on last thing before I posted:

export HTTP_PROXY = "http://proxy:3128"

This fixes the problem, but I still need to specify the "-p" switch, and
I am only behind this proxy at work which means I will be altering the
laptop all the time.

I'm having this issue too (running on Windows, though). Shouldn't this
be able to work without having to set an environment variable? That's
the point of the -p option, right?

I added the following to config_file.rb, and the proxy option works
after adding it, but somehow I'm guessing that's not what the designers
had in mind for this class...

def []=(key, value)
  @hash[key.to_s]=value
end

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You added it where? Please submit a patch. (If you just respond to this email with the patch its sure to get lost.)

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=577&group_id=126&func=browse

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On Jan 25, 2007, at 08:04, Justin Sa wrote:

Andrew Skegg wrote:

Andrew Skegg wrote:

Any ideas?

Should have tried on last thing before I posted:

export HTTP_PROXY = "http://proxy:3128"

This fixes the problem, but I still need to specify the "-p" switch, and
I am only behind this proxy at work which means I will be altering the
laptop all the time.

I'm having this issue too (running on Windows, though). Shouldn't this
be able to work without having to set an environment variable? That's
the point of the -p option, right?

I added the following to config_file.rb, and the proxy option works
after adding it, but somehow I'm guessing that's not what the designers
had in mind for this class...

def []=(key, value)
  @hash[key.to_s]=value
end

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Eric Hodel wrote:

switch, and

I added the following to config_file.rb, and the proxy option works
after adding it, but somehow I'm guessing that's not what the
designers
had in mind for this class...

def []=(key, value)
  @hash[key.to_s]=value
end

You added it where? Please submit a patch. (If you just respond to
this email with the patch its sure to get lost.)

I can verify this fix works - at least for me :slight_smile:

It seems command.rb (line 258) tries to set the configuration hash
using:

  "Gem.configuration[:http_proxy] = options[:http_proxy]"

but there is no []= method to respond, so it spits the error.
Interestingly, this is the only option that tries to set its value this
way.

Adding this is /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/config_file.rb
(on my Mac) fixes the issue:

  def []=(key,value)
    @hash[key.to_s] = value
  end

I am probably not the best person to create a proper patch including
tests (never really done it before), but I can post this to the website
to capture it.

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Andrew Skegg wrote:

I can verify this fix works - at least for me :slight_smile:

It seems command.rb (line 258) tries to set the configuration hash
using:

  "Gem.configuration[:http_proxy] = options[:http_proxy]"

but there is no []= method to respond, so it spits the error.
Interestingly, this is the only option that tries to set its value this
way.

Adding this is /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/config_file.rb
(on my Mac) fixes the issue:

  def []=(key,value)
    @hash[key.to_s] = value
  end

I am probably not the best person to create a proper patch including
tests (never really done it before), but I can post this to the website
to capture it.

I added this as a bug actually (#8152). This fix (to quote the
Practices of an Agile Developer book) just doesn't "feel" right. I'd
guess that where it's being called from is using it incorrectly, but not
knowing the intentions for that class, it's just a feeling.

Andrew, I added what you found to the bug description.

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Thanks, that'll help me track this down for real.

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On Jan 25, 2007, at 14:07, Justin Sabelko wrote:

I added this as a bug actually (#8152). This fix (to quote the
Practices of an Agile Developer book) just doesn't "feel" right. I'd
guess that where it's being called from is using it incorrectly, but not
knowing the intentions for that class, it's just a feeling.

Andrew, I added what you found to the bug description.

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