class Gem::MissingSpecError

Raised when trying to activate a gem, and that gem does not exist on the system. Instead of rescuing from this class, make sure to rescue from the superclass Gem::LoadError to catch all types of load errors.

Public Class Methods

new(name, requirement, extra_message=nil) click to toggle source

Calls superclass method Exception::new

# File lib/rubygems/errors.rb, line 29
def initialize(name, requirement, extra_message=nil)
  @name        = name
  @requirement = requirement
  @extra_message = extra_message
  super(message)
end

Private Instance Methods

build_message() click to toggle source

# File lib/rubygems/errors.rb, line 43
def build_message
  total = Gem::Specification.stubs.size
  "Could not find '#{name}' (#{requirement}) among #{total} total gem(s)\n"
end