I've verified that this problem exists in Ubuntu 10.10. Here is my replication, installing the ubuntu version, followed by the debian squeeze version:
$ sudo apt-get install libodbc-ruby1.8=0.99991-2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: libodbc-ruby1.8-doc libdbi-ruby1.8 The following packages will be upgraded: libodbc-ruby1.8 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/112kB of archives. After this operation, 8,192B disk space will be freed. (Reading database ... 327275 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libodbc-ruby1.8 0.99991-2 (using .../libodbc-ruby1.8_0.99991-2_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libodbc-ruby1.8 ... Setting up libodbc-ruby1.8 (0.99991-2) ... $ irb irb(main):001:0> require 'odbc' => true irb(main):002:0> ODBC.drivers ODBC::Error: INTERN (0) [RubyODBC]Cannot allocate SQLHENV from (irb):2:in `drivers' from (irb):2 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/date.rb:1668 $ sudo dpkg -i libodbc-ruby1.8_0.99991-2_amd64.deb (Reading database ... 327275 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libodbc-ruby1.8 0.99991-2 (using libodbc-ruby1.8_0.99991-2_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libodbc-ruby1.8 ... Setting up libodbc-ruby1.8 (0.99991-2) ... $ irb irb(main):001:0> require 'odbc' => true irb(main):002:0> ODBC.drivers => [] ** Changed in: libodbc-ruby (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed -- ODBC::Error: INTERN (0) [RubyODBC]Cannot allocate SQLHENV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447523 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs