Leopard 10.5.3 breaks MacPort Rails

rubyonrails-talk
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If you've installed Ruby and Rails using mac ports, be aware that installing 10.5.3 will install new versions of ruby and rails, which will hide your mac ports versions of rails.

I had to go into /usr/bin and reset/delete a whole bunch of symlinks.

Just be aware.

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I haven't upgraded yet, but I doubt there's a problem with 10.5.3 and Ruby. Instead, I think there may just be an issue with your path. As long as you have /opt/local ahead of /usr/bin on your path, you should be able to have both Ruby installs co-exist peacefully.

Regards, Craig

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Hi, I agree with Craig because if you have your PATH setup properly both should be able to

coexist. For example, I have the following in my .profile:

export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/apache2/bin:${PATH}

Please follow the instructions on the MacPorts site because it’s there in section 2.4:

http://guide.macports.org/

Good luck,

-Conrad

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There is however an issue with drb (see http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/303297)

Fred

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Just a FWIW… Leopard’s Ruby has always worked fine from the start and not needed Macports management. Just one less headache on my end. YMMV

RSL

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Hi,