gem commands never get to an end...

Hi List,

i use mod_passenger 1.0.1, ruby 1.8.5, rails 2.0.2, gem 0.9.4 on Suse Linux 10.1 unfortunately i have a problem with updating gems On Consolte i try: gem update --system this command never gets to an end. I startet with debug output:

gem update --system --verbose --debug Exception `Errno::ENOENT' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ config_file.rb:51 - No such file or directory - /home/mypath/.gemrc Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::BuildCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::CertCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::CheckCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::ContentsCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::DependencyCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::EnvironmentCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::HelpCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::InstallCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::OutdatedCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::PristineCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::QueryCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::ListCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::RdocCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::SearchCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::SourcesCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::SpecificationCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::UninstallCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::UnpackCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::CleanupCommand Exception `NameError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ command_manager.rb:145 - uninitialized constant Gem::Commands::UpdateCommand Updating RubyGems... Exception `LoadError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:27 - no such file to load -- Win32API Exception `LoadError' at /usr//lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:34 - no such file to load -- Win32API Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org removing /tmp/open-uri.6977.0...done removing /tmp/open-uri.6977.1...done

thats now the point where no progress is visible. i could leave it for hours without change, but during this time mod_passenger etc. is not correct working. What to do now to solve the problem and update the system? Please give a little hint :wink: Thanks Andre

ok, i updatet gem to 1.2.0 and all works fine Andre