X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=tH 25Ggin3f6b8hYfZW23FUVTpHGlFHrzzMSoFlRH0dJmyxA8PzG/RhnPavKBrefTcE 69ca+nkkqRTWl24kMHUc783gfACFVNcqB6J6q7Hzq4xYBK0pmEQvOQmVFiOfUIXJ +2TW5D7q9GfHAYRq04XYFJR9/c3mtAzN0I5sRaUno= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; s=default; bh=7KLWW/3o RI/EO7s2urkq7SSRm8I=; b=Y3YycflT80JdgnxWMPa/XGC8j0LCcLrPF3h090ol H6hVJBPARQBIYwY0uLPZWs61DgJ9JreFbDsdSJTL3scI5M17ZtUpgho9Ky2b29jQ ScNYgCtxgxGSHhglGXAK5iyEwqPHP9NpPRycB6WzLKX3Qc/Wg0dAGp51vSgQ39hG /RU= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com> List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs> Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-lb0-f172.google.com MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.186.35 with SMTP id fh3mr9304815lbc.31.1409911409546; Fri, 05 Sep 2014 03:03:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <CAM9pMnNG0W5O6HAr_=cuxyZzup-DDOOS6PvtWCuvHc3qkuSxyg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAM9pMnNG0W5O6HAr_=cuxyZzup-DDOOS6PvtWCuvHc3qkuSxyg AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 12:03:29 +0200 Message-ID: <CAM9pMnMr0R1nKOYFwR7LPJrhwJ3eVhJn0zqoD=aMzALYnrPq9A@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: gem command broken on Cygwin 64 with Ruby 2.0.0p481 From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter AT googlemail DOT com> To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Robert Klemme <shortcutter AT googlemail DOT com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > did someone of you experience this as well? > > $ uname -a > CYGWIN_NT-6.1 arnie 1.7.32(0.274/5/3) 2014-08-13 23:06 x86_64 Cygwin > $ ruby --version > ruby 2.0.0p481 (2014-05-08) [x86_64-cygwin] > $ gem --version > 2.4.1 > $ gem list -l > > *** LOCAL GEMS *** > > io-console (0.4.2) > json (1.8.1) > minitest (4.7.5) > psych (2.0.5) > rake (10.3.2) > rdoc (4.1.1) > $ gem update > Updating installed gems > ERROR: While executing gem ... (ArgumentError) > invalid byte sequence in UTF-8 > $ locale > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8" > LC_ALL= > $ LANG=C gem update > Updating installed gems > ERROR: While executing gem ... (ArgumentError) > invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII > > Apparently when reading a file the environment's encoding information > is applied. I'm just not sure whether this is an issue with gem > command or a Cygwin adjustment to that. > > Bonus points for a solution. :-) Some feedback on the ruby-talk mailing list prompted me to experiment a bit more. Apparently I found a solution which I post here for your reference. Setting the encoding to "BINARY" in the environment works: $ LANG=C.BINARY gem update Updating installed gems Updating minitest Fetching: minitest-5.4.1.gem (100%) Successfully installed minitest-5.4.1 Parsing documentation for minitest-5.4.1 Installing ri documentation for minitest-5.4.1 Installing darkfish documentation for minitest-5.4.1 Done installing documentation for minitest after 3 seconds Parsing documentation for minitest-5.4.1 Done installing documentation for minitest after 0 seconds Gems updated: minitest You can even get fancy and retain the language: $ LANG="${LANG%%.*}.BINARY" gem update Kind regards robert -- [guy, jim].each {|him| remember.him do |as, often| as.you_can - without end} http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple