I can confirm this on my Edgy machine. It's likely to be an issue with libxml-ruby rather than on ruby itself...
** Changed in: ruby1.8 (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: ruby1.8 => libxml-ruby Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- Ruby crash with libxml https://launchpad.net/bugs/76659 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs