From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-07-16T05:36:02+09:00
Subject: Re: moving a 1.8.6 install?

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On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Hassan Schroeder <
hassan.schroeder@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Roggie Boone <rogboone@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I tried copying the entire "gems" folder (cache and all) from the old
> > server to the new server, but this apparently does not work as I
> > thought.
>
> 1) What makes you think it didn't work?
>
> 2) Can you just vendor the gems on the old server or from your own
>    development environment?
>
>
This is probably the best solution.



> 3) Why not just install RVM on the server? That'll make it easier to
>     work on upgrading the app, and will probably take care of your
>     problem installing gems.
>
>
1.8.6 doesn't seem to work with Rubygems anymore:

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.6 (2010-02-05 patchlevel 399) [i686-darwin9.6.0]

$ gem -v
1.3.5

$ gem update --system
Updating RubyGems
Updating rubygems-update
ERROR:  Error installing rubygems-update:
    rubygems-update requires Ruby version >= 1.8.7
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
    undefined method `version' for nil:NilClass

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