From: barjunk <barjunk@...>
Date: 2007-06-14T00:05:05+09:00
Subject: Re: getting ri working on FreeBSD

On Jun 13, 12:04 am, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 08:12:27AM +0900, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > I seem to have run into a small problem on FreeBSD.  Hopefully, someone
> > here has an answer.  (Note: cross-posted to freebsd-questions list)
>
> > No matter what I try to look up with ri (the Ruby information utility
> > that is used to look up stuff about classes, methods, et cetera, from the
> > command line), it returns the same result:
>
> >   > ri Time.strftime
> >   Nothing known about Time.strftime
>
> > I don't see anything in /usr/ports/lang that seems to relate to the
> > matter of ensuring ri has a database of information to share.  What
> > am I missing?  How can I get ri working properly on FreeBSD?
>
> I managed to get it working.  Apparently, I had to run:
>   # tar jxvf /usr/ports/distfiles/ruby/ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2
>   # rdoc --ri -R -U ruby-1.8.6/
>
>  . . but there didn't appear to be any documentation for that in any
> easily discoverable location.
>
> --
> CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [http://ccd.apotheon.org]
> Leon Festinger: "A man with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him
> you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts and figures and he questions
> your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point."


Chad,

Where did you end up finding information about that...especially the -
U switch.

Mike B.