From: Ben Lovell <benjamin.lovell@...>
Date: 2009-06-20T18:02:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't use gems

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On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Rod Dik <roddiku@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, I have the following ruby config on my winxp sp3 box
>
> RubyGems Environment:
>  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.4
>  - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.6 (2009-03-31 patchlevel 368) [i386-mswin32]
>  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
>  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: D:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe
>  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: D:/ruby/bin
>  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
>    - ruby
>    - x86-mswin32-60
>  - GEM PATHS:
>  - D:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
>  - C:/Documents and Settings/roddik/.gem/ruby/1.8
>  - GEM CONFIGURATION:
>     - :update_sources => true
>     - :verbose => true
>     - :benchmark => false
>     - :backtrace => false
>     - :bulk_threshold => 1000
>  - REMOTE SOURCES:
>     - http://gems.rubyforge.org/
>
> and the following gems are installed
>
> D:\>gem list
>
> *** LOCAL GEMS ***
>
> mechanize (0.9.3)
> mysql (2.7.3)
> nokogiri (1.3.1)
>
> However when I try to use them, I get
>
> D:\>ruby -d ./test.rb
> Exception `LoadError' at D:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:1112
> - no su
> ch file to load -- rubygems/defaults/operating_system
> Exception `LoadError' at
> D:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.
> rb:31 - no such file to load -- mysql
> Exception `LoadError' at
> D:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.
> rb:31 - no such file to load -- mechanize
> ./test.rb:5: [BUG] Segmentation fault
>
> How can I fix it? TIA
>
> By the way, if anyone who can change the situation here, the latest
> one-click installer of ruby available so far ships with very old
> patchlevel, which is sad..


Hi,

There is a bug in either mechanize or mysql (I'm not sure which) that
when required together, cause a segfault. There was another post on
this list regarding the exact same issue a day or so ago. Might be
worth looking that up.

Rgds,
Ben

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