From: Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs@...>
Date: 2006-05-26T23:27:37+09:00
Subject: Re: ri broken?

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If you installed 184 on top of an existig installation, you'll have more
problems than just this. I suggest reinstalling into a new directory.

Ryan Leavengood just added code to the installer script to check for this
condition, so starting with the next release, the installer won't let you d=
o
this.

Curt


On 5/25/06, James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com> wrote:
>
> Warren Seltzer wrote:
> > I haven't been able to get ri or fxri to work right since I installed
> ruby 1.8.4 on my
> > winxp laptop:
> >
> ...
> > ri never finds anything.  And when I click on a method name in fxri it
> just pastes the
> > entry into the irb window.
> >
> > What have I done wrong?
> >
>
> Nothing, probably.  Did you use the "1-click" Windows installer package
> from RubyForge.org?  And install over an existing, earlier version?
>
> I had the same problem, and it seems that earlier installations (well,
> 1.8.2 at least) put the ri data files in one place ("site"), while the
> current installation has them in another ("system").
>
> I believe the correct place is "system".  I deleted the duplicates from
> "site".
>
>
>
> --
> James Britt
>
> "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion
> of knowledge."
> - D. Boorstin
>
>

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