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-rw-r--r--lib/rubygems/installer.rb4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/installer.rb b/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
index acb49f510a..cd1031dc2e 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
@@ -680,6 +680,10 @@ class Gem::Installer
unless @gem_home
# `--build-root` overrides `--user-install` and auto-user-install
if @build_root.nil?
+ # Please note that `options[:user_install]` might have three states:
+ # * `true`: `--user-install`
+ # * `false`: `--no-user-install` and
+ # * `nil`: option was not specified
if options[:user_install]
@gem_home = Gem.user_dir
elsif options[:user_install].nil? && !ENV.key?("GEM_HOME") && (File.exist?(Gem.dir) && !File.writable?(Gem.dir))