From: The Neurochild <neurochild@...>
Date: 2008-10-12T16:07:58+09:00
Subject: Hi  I have a Debian 4 machine with Ruby 1.8.6 (installed from source) 	and some gems including Rails 2.1 and Phusion Passenger 2.0.3 (mod_rails, 	which needs fastthread and rack gems). I want to update to the latest patch 	of that version (1.8.6-p287), but I have my concerns. Can I do it safely? Is 	there any warning, any catch? Will I have to reinstall RubyGems and every 	single gem? What's your advice before patching? Will all the dependent apps 	be screwed up? I'm asking this because, unfortunately, there's no "make 	uninstall" command after installing Ruby from source... Really! I tried, but 	failed miserably. The only choice I see is to erase the folder where it's 	located, I doubt installing the patch overwrites all the files.  Any 	suggestion is welcomed. Later...  Juan "The Neurochild" EscajadilloUpdating 	Ruby 1.8.6 to 1.8.6-p287 in Debian 4

Hi

I have a Debian 4 machine with Ruby 1.8.6 (installed from source) and
some gems including Rails 2.1 and Phusion Passenger 2.0.3 (mod_rails,
which needs fastthread and rack gems). I want to update to the latest
patch of that version (1.8.6-p287), but I have my concerns. Can I do
it safely? Is there any warning, any catch? Will I have to reinstall
RubyGems and every single gem? What's your advice before patching?
Will all the dependent apps be screwed up? I'm asking this because,
unfortunately, there's no "make uninstall" command after installing
Ruby from source... Really! I tried, but failed miserably. The only
choice I see is to erase the folder where it's located, I doubt
installing the patch overwrites all the files.

Any suggestion is welcomed. Later...

Juan "The Neurochild" Escajadillo