Should I set RAILS_GEM_VERSION = 'XXX' ???

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Hi,

Just wondering what the collective wisdom is regarding whether the environment.rb file should have a “RAILS_GEM_VERSION = ‘1.1.6’” type line set or not?

I noted on Dreamhost previously after a rails upgrade my site wasn’t working, after which I can to do and change this parameter to align with the latest Dreamhost deployed version of Rails. So should I not be setting this parameter such that when Dreamhost upgrades my site doesn’t die?

Tks Greg

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Unpacking rails (whatever version your app needs) into the vendor directory is the “safest” way to ensure everything keeps working.

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Hi Greg, I take it that you're using Rails Gem. If this is the case I recommend that you do the following:

a) update your version environment.rb file to reference the correct version of Rails.

b) execute 'rake rails:update' in the root of your rails application

c) rake rails:freeze:gems

d) if you're using 3rd party gems within your application, then do the following:

     http://nubyonrails.com/articles/2005/12/22/freeze-other-gems-to-rails-lib-directory

e) upload to your server

Good luck,

-Conrad

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tks guys