Puppet will work with 1.8.5. It is passenger that requires 1.8.7, specifically 
rack.

Fortunately, Puppet labs has the older rack version you can use here:

http://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/5Server/dependencies/x86_64/


On Jun 26, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Dan White wrote:

> I am stuck on RHEL 5 for the moment, and I am trying to set up a Puppet 2.7.x 
> Master.
> From this post ( 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/puppet-users@googlegroups.com/msg27199.html ),
> I got the impression that I needed ruby 1.8.7.  I tried to install passenger 
> using the stealthymonkeys.com repo and it complained that it wants ruby 1.8.5 
> exactly (Processing Dependency: ruby = 1.8.5 for package: 
> rubygem-passenger-native-libs).
> 
> Looking back at the referenced mailing list item, it says that ruby 1.8.7 is 
> needed for Dashboard and Foreman.
> I am not using either of those.  Just plain old puppet with a dash of hiera.
> 
> The Question: Is ruby 1.8.5 OK to use with puppet 2.7.x ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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