Validator performs various gem file and gem database validation
Checks the gem directory for the following potential inconsistencies/problems:
Checksum gem itself
For each file in each gem, check consistency of installed versions
Check for files that aren’t part of the gem but are in the gems directory
1 cache - 1 spec - 1 directory.
returns a hash of ErrorData objects, keyed on the problem gem’s name.
# File rubygems/validator.rb, line 62 def alien(gems=[]) errors = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = {} } Gem::Specification.each do |spec| next unless gems.include? spec.name unless gems.empty? next if spec.default_gem? gem_name = spec.file_name gem_path = spec.cache_file spec_path = spec.spec_file gem_directory = spec.full_gem_path unless File.directory? gem_directory errors[gem_name][spec.full_name] = "Gem registered but doesn't exist at #{gem_directory}" next end unless File.exist? spec_path errors[gem_name][spec_path] = "Spec file missing for installed gem" end begin unless File.readable?(gem_path) raise Gem::VerificationError, "missing gem file #{gem_path}" end good, gone, unreadable = nil, nil, nil, nil File.open gem_path, Gem.binary_mode do |file| package = Gem::Package.new gem_path good, gone = package.contents.partition do |file_name| File.exist? File.join(gem_directory, file_name) end gone.sort.each do |path| errors[gem_name][path] = "Missing file" end good, unreadable = good.partition do |file_name| File.readable? File.join(gem_directory, file_name) end unreadable.sort.each do |path| errors[gem_name][path] = "Unreadable file" end good.each do |entry, data| begin next unless data # HACK `gem check -a mkrf` source = File.join gem_directory, entry['path'] File.open source, Gem.binary_mode do |f| unless f.read == data errors[gem_name][entry['path']] = "Modified from original" end end end end end installed_files = find_files_for_gem(gem_directory) extras = installed_files - good - unreadable extras.each do |extra| errors[gem_name][extra] = "Extra file" end rescue Gem::VerificationError => e errors[gem_name][gem_path] = e.message end end errors.each do |name, subhash| errors[name] = subhash.map do |path, msg| ErrorData.new path, msg end.sort end errors end