ruby/rubygems · error · DSLError

There was an error parsing `#{File.basename current_gemfile}

Error message

There was an error parsing `#{File.basename current_gemfile}`: #{e.message}

What it means

Error "There was an error parsing `#{File.basename current_gemfile}`: #{e.message}" thrown in ruby/rubygems.

Source

Thrown at lib/bundler/dsl.rb:56

      @ruby_version         = nil
      @gemspecs             = []
      @gemfile              = nil
      @gemfiles             = []
      @lockfile             = nil
      @overrides            = []
      add_git_sources
    end

    def eval_gemfile(gemfile, contents = nil)
      with_gemfile(gemfile) do |current_gemfile|
        contents ||= Bundler.read_file(current_gemfile)
        instance_eval(contents, current_gemfile, 1)
      rescue GemfileEvalError => e
        message = "There was an error evaluating `#{File.basename current_gemfile}`: #{e.message}"
        raise DSLError.new(message, current_gemfile, e.backtrace, contents)
      rescue GemfileError, InvalidArgumentError, InvalidOption, DeprecatedError, ScriptError => e
        message = "There was an error parsing `#{File.basename current_gemfile}`: #{e.message}"
        raise DSLError.new(message, current_gemfile, e.backtrace, contents)
      rescue StandardError => e
        raise unless e.backtrace_locations.first.path == current_gemfile
        message = "There was an error parsing `#{File.basename current_gemfile}`: #{e.message}"
        raise DSLError.new(message, current_gemfile, e.backtrace, contents)
      end
    end

    def gemspec(opts = nil)
      opts ||= {}
      path              = opts[:path] || "."
      glob              = opts[:glob]
      name              = opts[:name]
      development_group = opts[:development_group] || :development
      expanded_path     = gemfile_root.join(path)

      gemspecs = Gem::Util.glob_files_in_dir("{,*}.gemspec", expanded_path).filter_map {|g| Bundler.load_gemspec(g) }
      gemspecs.reject! {|s| s.name != name } if name
      specs_by_name_and_version = gemspecs.group_by {|s| [s.name, s.version] }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/bundler/dsl.rb:56 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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