From: David Ross <dross@...>
Date: 2004-11-05T11:36:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.4.6 - trouble with require path

Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Ken Innes wrote:
>
>> I inherited a project that uses Ruby 1.4.6 on a RedHat Linux 6.1J. I
>> copied it onto my RedHat Linux 6.1J machine, but there is a problem
>> when I try to build it; the ruby scripts are unable to find required
>> files (located in the same directory as the scripts) when the script
>> is executed from a different directory. I upgraded to Ruby 1.6.7,
>> which fixed that problem, but the scripts are not quite compatible
>> with the updated Ruby, so I had to revert to the version that was
>> originally used.
>>
>> As an example, lets say I have two ruby scripts in a directory:
>>     /scripts/script1.rb:
>>          #!/usr/bin/ruby
>>          require "script2"
>>
>>     /scripts/script2.rb:
>>          print "Testing...\n"
>>
>>     Command Prompt:
>>     [testing]# cd /scripts
>>     [scripts]# script1.rb
>>     Testing...
>>     [scripts]# cd /testing
>>     [testing]# script1.rb
>>     script1.rb:2:in `require': No such file to load -- script2
>> (LoadError)
>>
>> With Ruby 1.6.7, it works fine. With Ruby 1.4.6, it can find
>> script1.rb, but not script2.rb.
>>
>> There must be a way to correct this, as the project apparently worked
>> for the original developers. I'm using the same OS, and I added the
>> same ruby options and script directory to my path as specified in
>> their readme (well almost, they said put it in .cshrc, but I had to
>> put it in .tcshrc for it to work):
>>     setenv RUBYOPT '-Ke -rkconv'
>>     set path = ( $path /scripts)
>>
>> I also tried the following:
>>     setenv RUBYOPT '-Ke -rkconv -S'
>>     setenv LOAD_PATH /scripts
>>     setenv RUBYLIB /scripts
>>
>> So what am I missing here? Does anyone know how I can get this to work
>> correctly WITHOUT ALTERING THE SCRIPTS (because there are hundreds of
>> scripts)?
>
>
> i can't help you at all, but i'm dying to know: what project have you
> inherited with hundreds of 1.4.6?
>
> -a
> -- 

heh, I'm suprised they kept that many scripts without adjusting to other 
releases. I'm curious myself as well. Insane it is =]

David Ross
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