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-rw-r--r--lib/rubygems/installer.rb2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/installer.rb b/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
index b4375c3f1c..acb49f510a 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/installer.rb
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ class Gem::Installer
if @build_root.nil?
if options[:user_install]
@gem_home = Gem.user_dir
- elsif !ENV.key?("GEM_HOME") && (File.exist?(Gem.dir) && !File.writable?(Gem.dir))
+ elsif options[:user_install].nil? && !ENV.key?("GEM_HOME") && (File.exist?(Gem.dir) && !File.writable?(Gem.dir))
say "Defaulting to user installation because default installation directory (#{Gem.dir}) is not writable."
@gem_home = Gem.user_dir
end