[Ruby] ZenTest gem install loop

shaners becker veganstraightedge at gmail.com
Sat Jan 13 21:25:46 PST 2007


s$ sudo gem install ZenTest
Password:
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Install required dependency hoe? [Yn]  y
Install required dependency rubyforge? [Yn]  y
Install required dependency zentest? [Yn]  y
Install required dependency hoe? [Yn]  y
Install required dependency zentest? [Yn]  y
Install required dependency hoe? [Yn]  y
Install required dependency zentest? [Yn]  Y
Install required dependency hoe? [Yn]  Y
Install required dependency zentest? [Yn]  Y
Install required dependency hoe? [Yn]  Y
Install required dependency zentest? [Yn]  Y
Install required dependency hoe? [Yn]  Y
Install required dependency zentest? [Yn]  n
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::DependencyError)
     Required dependency zentest not installed


so when i try to install ZenTest to follow along with the peepcode  
episode about TDD, i get this recursive problem. install a?, install  
b?, install a?, install b?, install a?, install b?, install a? and so  
on. i tried install all of them individually and only rubyforge  
installed by itself. the other two (zentest and hoe) keep asking for  
each other and then themselves.

s$ sudo gem install zentest
Install required dependency hoe? [Yn]  Y
Install required dependency zentest? [Yn]  y
Install required dependency hoe? [Yn]  y
Install required dependency zentest? [Yn]  n


what gives?
how do i get around this?

thanks
shane


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