As Justin Lambert mentioned, Software Collections may be a good option for you. Here's a quick intro to software collections on cent/rhel 6: http://developerblog.redhat.com/2013/01/28/software-collections-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux/ . I haven't tried this, but looking at the ruby193 repo they reference, it has a good number of gems built as rpms.
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Wolf Noble <loi...@wolfspaw.com> wrote: > Hi Christian, > > Here's a reasonable means of going about building 1.9.3 RPMs on cent5/6 > https://github.com/imeyer/ruby-1.9.3-rpm > > I've stubbed out the sub packages in this PR: > https://github.com/imeyer/ruby-1.9.3-rpm/pull/16 > > the sub-packages don't actually do anything, but don't require changes > to any existing manifests which reference sub-packages like ruby-devel > either. > > It's not forklifting the work of repo/package maintenance off onto > someone else, but can at least get you 1.9.3 installed via safe > sources utilizing the native package management tools in centos. > > > HTH > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Justin Stoller <jus...@puppetlabs.com> > wrote: >>> Naive question: Why don't you provide one in yum.puppetlabs.com :-) ? >> We provide a 1.8.7 that does what you're asking for EL 5s because we dropped >> support in Puppet 3 for Ruby 1.8.5. I don't know if we have plans to provide >> a 1.9.3 for any systems prior to us actually dropping support for 1.8.7. >> >> Puppet Enterprise 3, however, comes with Puppet 3.2 and Ruby 1.9.3 :) >> >> >>> For RHEL derivatives one option might be Redhat's Software Collections. >> I was under the impression Software Collections were still largely a Fedora >> thing until RHEL 7. >> (but I'm neither the RHEL nor packaging guy) >> >> >> - Justin >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Justin Lambert >> <jlamb...@infiniteviewtech.com> wrote: >>> >>> For RHEL derivatives one option might be Redhat's Software Collections. >>> They have added Ruby 1.9.3 support to RHEL through that. I have testing it >>> out on my todo list, but haven't made it that far yet. I'm not quickly >>> finding a link to the actual RPM, but here's their PDF about it: >>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolset/1/html-single/Software_Collections_Guide/index.html >>> >>> jl >>> >>> >>> On Jul 25, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Christian Flamm >>> <christian.le.fl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> I'm (using CentOS 6.4 and I'm) suffering from an AFAIU performance/design >>> bug (http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/20865) which (althoughit's not >>> recommended as a work-around) does not occur when using Ruby-1.9.3 (Yaeh!) >>> instead of Ruby-1.8.7. I just can't find a public, well-known, >>> well-maintained repository (I can't find any, actually) that offers it as an >>> EL6 RPM. >>> >>> I know one can install different ruby versions with rvm. My problems with >>> this approach are (similar issues with compiling from source): >>> >>> rvm and yum (the way Ruby is currently installed) are tools that AFAIK >>> don't care/know about each other >>> gem (I guess I'd have to use gem then to install puppet?) and yum (the way >>> puppet and puppet-server packages are currently installed) are tools that >>> AFAIK don't care/know about each other >>> Because not caring/knowing about each other - Can one tool harm (e.g. >>> partially override?) software/files installed by the other tool? >>> Which Ruby do I start, when typing ruby into a console... same for puppet. >>> Which of these "rivaling" tools (rvm vs. yum, gem vs. yum) has control over >>> e.g. $PATH order? >>> >>> That's why I would prefer a Ruby-1.9.3 RPM that I could install (clean >>> update over 1.8.7) which in addition works fine with RPM packages (e.g. >>> puppet-server-xxx.el6.noarch.rpm, puppet-xxx.el6.noarch.rpm) from >>> yum.puppetlabs.com. >>> >>> Naive question: Why don't you provide one in yum.puppetlabs.com :-) ? >>> >>> Christian >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Puppet Developers" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to puppet-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to puppet-dev@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Puppet Developers" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to puppet-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to puppet-dev@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Join ME at PuppetConf 2013, August 22-23 in San Francisco - >> http://bit.ly/pupconf13 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to puppet-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-dev@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-dev@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Matthaus Owens Release Manager, Puppet Labs Join us at PuppetConf 2013, August 22-23 in San Francisco - http://bit.ly/pupconf13 Register now and take advantage of the Final Countdown discount - save 15%! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. 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