Backport #7992: Backport r39544 - Fixes FileUtils bug #7958

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)

[drbrain (Eric Hodel)]

This reverts r34669 which altered FileUtils metaprogramming in a way that broke FileUtils::Verbose, ::NoWrite and ::DryRun.

Patch: http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby-trunk/repository/revisions/39544

Issue: http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7958

[drbrain (Eric Hodel)]

• Status changed from Open to Assigned

[trans (Thomas Sawyer)]

Response to my latest post on #7958 ?

[mpapis (Michal Papis)]

:+1: it will help to debug problems when installing Rubygems in RVM (every Ruby installation).

[sevos (Artur Roszczyk)]

+1

[trans (Thomas Sawyer)]

Can I ask exactly what are you +1'ing and why?

[nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)]

• Status changed from Assigned to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

This issue was solved with changeset r40251.
Eric, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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merge revision(s) 39544,39546: [Backport #7992]

* lib/fileutils.rb:  Revert r34669 which altered the way
  metaprogramming in FileUtils occurred.  [ruby-trunk - Bug #7958]

* test/fileutils/visibility_tests.rb:  Refactored tests of FileUtils
  options modules to expose bug found in #7958

* test/fileutils/test_dryrun.rb:  ditto.

* test/fileutils/test_nowrite.rb:  ditto.

* test/fileutils/test_verbose.rb:  ditto.