Can you try after moving away ~/.msf* directories?

Can you share your ~/.msf4 directory? it might contain further information about the problem.

Do you have the problem on a fresh install (or in the live image) or only after an upgrade?

this is on a completely clean and fresh install. the system was built with debootstrap, then metasploit-framework was installed and msfconsole (failed to) run. it's possible that the ~/.msf4 directory affects the issue, but I didn't have one to start.

I don't reproduce the problem on x86_64. msfconsole run normally.
Is it possible for you to try on x86_64 and let us know if you have the problem?

I do not have the problem on x86_64, only armhf

also confirming that I have no .msf* directory

root@armv7l:~# ls -al
total 44
drwx------ 6 root root 4096 Feb 26 22:35 ./
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Feb 26 22:23 ../
-rw------- 1 root root 242 Feb 26 22:35 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 570 Jan 19 12:29 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 26 22:21 .config/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112 Feb 26 22:16 .ecryptfsrc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 26 21:53 .gem/
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 22:25 .john/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140 Jan 19 12:29 .profile
-rw------- 1 root root 1024 Feb 26 22:22 .rnd
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 22:16 .ssh/
root@armv7l:~# msfconsole

[!] There was an error parsing Gemfile: There was a Errno::ENOENT while loading metasploit-framework.gemspec:
No such file or directory @ realpath_rec - /usr/lib/metasploit from
/usr/share/metasploit-framework/metasploit-framework.gemspec:6:in `realpath'
. Bundler cannot continue.

from /usr/share/metasploit-framework/Gemfile:4

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spec.add_runtime_dependency '<name>', [<version requirements>]

gemspec name: 'metasploit-framework'

-------------------------------------------

root@armv7l:~#

build system had poisoned environment. this bug is invalid, sorry for the noise.

Reported by Zero_Chaos as an invalid bug report

Reported by Zero_Chaos as an invalid bug report