Ruby Issue Tracking System

05/27/2014

04:59 PM Ruby Bug #9840: [darwin] configure script fails if an empty file named `Info.plist` exists in the user's home directory

Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote:
> patrick ellis wrote:
> ...
Not sure I follow—the Info.plist was in a separate directory from where I'm configuring ruby. It hadn't caused any problems with other software's configure scripts. pje (patrick ellis)

05/20/2014

04:20 PM Ruby Bug #9840: [darwin] configure script fails if an empty file named `Info.plist` exists in the user's home directory

Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote:
> It seems to occur only when running `configure` under the home directory. Very strange.
Yes, but it also happens when running `configure` under **any subdirectory** of the user's home directory. That's one o... pje (patrick ellis)

05/14/2014

08:11 PM Ruby Bug #9840 (Third Party's Issue): [darwin] configure script fails if an empty file named `Info.plist` exists in the user's home directory

On OS X 10.9.2, the ruby-2.1.2 configure script fails if an empty file named `Info.plist` exists in the user's home directory.
**Steps to reproduce:**
~~~
#!/usr/bin/env bash
touch ~/Info.plist
[[ -f ruby-2.1.2.tar.gz ]] || ... pje (patrick ellis)