gem install does not work correctly with sudo

[Wolfgang Silbermayr]

Binary package hint: gems

When I try to use gem directly with sudo, I get the following output:

silwol@silwol-laptop:~$ sudo gem install fhlow
[sudo] password for silwol:
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
    Could not find fhlow (> 0) in any repository
silwol@silwol-laptop:~$

When I call it with a sudo'ed environment, it works:

silwol@silwol-laptop:~$ sudo -s
root@silwol-laptop:~# gem install fhlow
Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Successfully installed fhlow-1.91.0
root@silwol-laptop:~#

I don't know where the error lies, but in my opinion this should work from within sudo directly, because this is the usual way many people execute commands as root.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

[Wolfgang Silbermayr (silwol)]

The problem no longer occurs. the gem installation works as intended.

[Wolfgang Silbermayr (silwol)]

The problem no longer occurs. the gem installation works as intended in 8.10.