Segment7: OS X 10.4.7 and /usr/bin/ruby

OS X 10.4.7 and /usr/bin/ruby

drbrain@segment7.net (Eric Hodel) — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:37:36 -0700

Beware! OS X 10.4.7 reinstalls /usr/bin/ruby, so depending upon how you’ve replaced Apple’s install of ruby you may start running 1.8.2 unexpectedly!

By the way, if you’re running a hand-built ruby on OS X, build with -O instead of -O2, you won’t get that annoying undefined method for Fixnum exception.

"OS X 10.4.7 and /usr/bin/ruby" by Eric Hodel

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:28:44 -0700

I have installed 7 ruby interpreters, Apple’s 1.8.2 makes 8. Darwinports doesn’t let me do that. (Yes, I use them all.)

I’m unimpressed with darwinports for installing ruby. Either it doesn’t update fast enough or rebuilding packages is too hard (RMagick seems to randomly dump core every time I upgrade ruby).

Installing ImageMagick from darwinports and ruby and RMagick from tarballs is the way to go.

"OS X 10.4.7 and /usr/bin/ruby" by noj

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:17:01 -0700

Of course you should be running darwinports and the version in there instead, http://darwinports.org.

Just add /opt/local/bin infront of your path to get the darwinports version.