From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-11-29T03:55:10+09:00
Subject: Re: FileUtils.touch doesn't work

Jeff Toth wrote:

> Why won't Ruby just install from the port? I don't know what Ruby is,
> what it is for, all I know is that it has our live webserver down
> because it has removed some shared file that is keeping Apache from
> running. All I tried to do was update Ruby using portupgrade and now
> portupgrade will not function either. Is there any way to fix this
> quickly? I also received an error that says that 'touch' is not
> supported by FileUtils but I cannot get that error message to repeat. I
> read that 'touch' is supported so I do not understand. Thanks.

As one computer professional to another, I offer this advice: revert to your
backup.

Also, Ruby 1.8.5 has some problems. I personally recommend that people stick
with 1.8.4 unless they are intent on helping with the development of Ruby
itself. This is MERELY a PERSONAL OPINION.

Another personal note. I tried to install Fedora Core 6 recently. It has
Ruby 1.8.5. Ruby 1.8.5 would not cooperate with the Qt library. I quickly
realized that I couldn't revert to 1.8.4 without completely breaking a
large number of dependencies, and I couldn't fix the Ruby/Qt interface, and
I couldn't revert Qt to an earlier version because of the degree to which
KDE relies on Qt. And I have a large number of Ruby programs that rely on
the Qt library.

I gave up and went back to Fedora Code 5.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com