From: jim@...
Date: 2004-12-27T08:27:46+09:00
Subject: Ri bug in new 1.8.2 release

Hi

I just installed 1.8.2 on OS X. All looks ok so far, but I
did notice that 'ri String' caused an error. But, for what
it's worth, 'ri Array' and 'ri Hash' work.

 ./ri String
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_descriptions.rb:99:in
`concat': cannot convert nil into Array (TypeError)
        from
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_descriptions.rb:99:in
`merge_in'
        from
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_reader.rb:56:in
`get_class'
        from
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_reader.rb:52:in
`each'
        from
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_reader.rb:52:in
`get_class'
        from
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_driver.rb:70:in
`report_class_stuff'
        from
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_driver.rb:106:in
`get_info_for'
        from
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_driver.rb:135:in
`process_args'
        from
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_driver.rb:134:in
`each'
        from
/Users/jdf/local_ruby/ruby-1.8.2/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_driver.rb:134:in
`process_args'
        from ./ri:48

-- 
Jim Freeze
Code Red. Code Ruby