From: bbiker <renard@...>
Date: 2009-06-04T06:30:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Problems with Rubygems on 1.9.0 under multiruby

On Jun 3, 2:42 pm, James Coglan <jcog...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> [Note:  parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]
>
> Hi all,
>
> Trying to get multiruby (from ZenTest) set up on Ubuntu. So far I've run the
> following and got 4 working installs:
>
> sudo gem install ZenTest
> multiruby_setup update:rubygems
> multiruby_setup mri:tar:1.8.6
> multiruby_setup mri:tar:1.8.7
> multiruby_setup mri:tar:1.9.0
> multiruby_setup mri:tar:1.9.1
>
> wgethttp://www.blue.sky.or.jp/atelier/ruby/ruby-zlib-0.6.0.tar.gz
> tar zxf ruby-zlib-0.6.0.tar.gz
> cd ruby-zlib-0.6.0/
> ~/.multiruby/install/1.8.6-p368/bin/ruby extconf.rb
> make && make install
> ~/.multiruby/install/1.8.7-p160/bin/ruby extconf.rb
> make && make install
> ~/.multiruby/install/1.9.0-5/bin/ruby extconf.rb
> make && make install
> ~/.multiruby/install/1.9.1-p129/bin/ruby extconf.rb
> make && make install
>
> multiruby_setup update:rubygems
> multiruby -S gem install --no-ri --no-rdoc --development test-unit
>
> This last command runs on everything but 1.9.0:
>
> $ multiruby -S gem install --no-ri --no-rdoc --development test-unit
> building and installing 1.8.6-p368
> Running command: (nice make -j4; nice make) > log.build 2>&1
> Running command: make install > log.install 2>&1
> Running command: ../ruby ./setup.rb --no-rdoc --no-ri > ../log.rubygems 2>&1
> building and installing 1.8.7-p160
> Running command: (nice make -j4; nice make) > log.build 2>&1
> Running command: make install > log.install 2>&1
> Running command: ../ruby ./setup.rb --no-rdoc --no-ri > ../log.rubygems 2>&1
> building and installing 1.9.0-5
> Running command: (nice make -j4; nice make) > log.build 2>&1
> Running command: make install > log.install 2>&1
> building and installing 1.9.1-p129
> Running command: (nice make -j4; nice make) > log.build 2>&1
> Running command: make install > log.install 2>&1
>
> VERSION = 1.8.6-p368
> CMD     = ~/.multiruby/install/1.8.6-p368/bin/ruby -S gem install --no-ri
> --no-rdoc --development test-unit
>
> Successfully installed rubyforge-1.0.3
> Successfully installed rake-0.8.7
> Successfully installed hoe-2.0.0
> Successfully installed test-unit-2.0.2
> 4 gems installed
>
> RESULT = 0
>
> VERSION = 1.8.7-p160
> CMD     = ~/.multiruby/install/1.8.7-p160/bin/ruby -S gem install --no-ri
> --no-rdoc --development test-unit
>
> Successfully installed rubyforge-1.0.3
> Successfully installed rake-0.8.7
> Successfully installed hoe-2.0.0
> Successfully installed test-unit-2.0.2
> 4 gems installed
>
> RESULT = 0
>
> VERSION = 1.9.0-5
> CMD     = ~/.multiruby/install/1.9.0-5/bin/ruby -S gem install --no-ri
> --no-rdoc --development test-unit
>
> ERROR:  Error installing test-unit:
>     hoe requires RubyGems version >= 1.3.1
>
> RESULT = 256
>
> VERSION = 1.9.1-p129
> CMD     = ~/.multiruby/install/1.9.1-p129/bin/ruby -S gem install --no-ri
> --no-rdoc --development test-unit
>
> Successfully installed rubyforge-1.0.3
> Successfully installed rake-0.8.7
> Successfully installed hoe-2.0.0
> Successfully installed test-unit-2.0.2
> 4 gems installed
>
> RESULT = 0
>
> TOTAL RESULT = 1 failures out of 4
>
> Passed: 1.9.1-p129, 1.8.7-p160, 1.8.6-p368
> Failed: 1.9.0-5
>
> My question is -- is it worth testing on 1.9.0 or is everyone using 1.9.1
> instead? If it's still worth testing on 1.9.0, how do I fix the above?
> multiruby appears to have installed Rubygems 1.3.4, though I guess the
> version shipped with Ruby 1.9.0 predates this.
>
> --
> James Coglan

IMHO,  you should not need Ruby-1.9.0 since Ruby-1.9,1 is a stable
version.

Personally I would not install Ruby-1.8.7 since it is neither fish nor
bird ... it istradles 1.8.6 and 1.9.1 ... if you're going to migragate
to 1.9.1 there's no point to go through 1.8.7

just my 2 cents for a newby