On 25/07/13 16:21, Justin Lambert 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

For RHEL, it's available as a beta child channel via RHN.  There's also
an older repo up here from when it was being developed that other EL
users could try: https://fedorahosted.org/SoftwareCollections/

We're using the ruby193 SCL for Foreman actually (packages on
http://yum.theforeman.org/), which has worked pretty well.

The advantage is unlike replacing the distro packages (as was done with
EL5 and 1.8.7), you don't break distro support or ABI/API compatibility
for other packages depending on Ruby.  Though a downside for some users
may be additional packages on their base OS install.  Unlike with
Foreman's use where it's just one central host, this would be for every
host running an agent.

However I don't see that this has much to do with the original bug,
which was more luck than design that it was fixed in 1.9.3... it's not
worth investigating 1.9.3 support via packages just to provide a
workaround for that issue!  Charlie's last response is spot on.

-- 
Dominic Cleal
Red Hat Engineering

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