[#9722] Kernel#system broken inside Dir.chdir(&block) if system command doesn't have shell characters — <noreply@...>

Bugs item #7278, was opened at 2006-12-14 13:59

8 messages 2006/12/14

[#9749] System V IPC in standard library? — Steven Jenkins <steven.jenkins@...>

Back in August, I needed a semaphore to serialize access to an external

14 messages 2006/12/19

[#9753] CVS freeze — SASADA Koichi <ko1@...>

Hi,

20 messages 2006/12/20
[#9755] Re: [ruby-dev:30039] CVS freeze — SASADA Koichi <ko1@...> 2006/12/20

Hi,

[#9757] Re: [ruby-dev:30040] Re: CVS freeze — SASADA Koichi <ko1@...> 2006/12/20

Hi,

Re: Fixes going into 1.8.5.9

From: "Zev Blut" <rubyzbibd@...>
Date: 2006-12-15 07:43:26 UTC
List: ruby-core #9730
Hello,

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:07:09 +0900, Urabe Shyouhei  
<shyouhei@ruby-lang.org> wrote:

>> As for the ri_options, all I can say is that previous ruby versions
>> worked and now with ruby 1.8.5 I constantly have to patch it in order
>> to get some of my tools to not crash.
>
>
> Hmm sounds reasonable.  I did not have that kind of cases (1.8.5 had
> already broken compatibility) in mind.  I thought keeping compatibility
> with 1.8.5 release should be enough but it seems things were not that
> simple...

It is probably more that I do not know what is happening.  From my
naive perspective this felt like maybe a refactoring that forgot to
add a require or something of that such.  If it is a deliberate change
then I certainly understand why it should not go into 1.8.5

> OK then, I decided to backport this to 1.8.5 branch.  Thanks for
> bringing up.

Thanks!
Zev


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