class Gem::Validator

Validator performs various gem file and gem database validation

Public Instance Methods

alien (gems=[])

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 lib/rubygems/validator.rb, line 62
def alien(gems=[])
  errors = Hash.new {|h,k| h[k] = {} }

  Gem::Specification.each do |spec|
    unless gems.empty?
      next unless gems.include? spec.name
    end
    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|
          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

      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