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liquid_rails

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Jul 1, 2008, 5:21:52 PM7/1/08
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Hi,

I am running Rails 2.1.0 and ruby-1.8.6 (2008-06-20 patchlevel 230
[i686-linux]. I am experiencing the same segmentation faults that
several others are who are running this version or ruby. Can anyone
recommend a good workaround for these bugs until the Rails Core Team
puts out something official?

Thanks!

Cheri

Jason Roelofs

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Jul 1, 2008, 5:25:51 PM7/1/08
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Um, I somehow doubt it's Rails segfaulting. I'm running the same Ruby
and Rails and have had no issues.

What exactly is throwing the seg faults?

Jason

liquid_rails

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Jul 1, 2008, 5:31:09 PM7/1/08
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It's not Rails, it's Ruby. See http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034

On Jul 1, 2:25 pm, Jason Roelofs <jameskil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Um, I somehow doubt it's Rails segfaulting. I'm running the same Ruby
> and Rails and have had no issues.
>
> What exactly is throwing the seg faults?
>
> Jason
>

liquid_rails

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Jul 1, 2008, 5:48:47 PM7/1/08
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See also http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=20902&group_id=426&atid=1698

- Cheri

On Jul 1, 2:31 pm, liquid_rails <cheri.anacle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's not Rails, it's Ruby. Seehttp://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034

Charles Oliver Nutter

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Jul 1, 2008, 5:58:12 PM7/1/08
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I'll probably get smacked for this, but you could certainly try JRuby in
the meantime. We're not affected by those security issues and run Rails
2.1 fine...

Perhaps an opportunity to try something new?

- Charlie

Peña, Botp

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Jul 1, 2008, 8:59:00 PM7/1/08
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From: Charles Oliver Nutter [mailto:charles...@sun.com]
# try JRuby in the meantime. We're not affected by those security
# issues and run Rails 2.1 fine...

indeed. that's a great plus for jruby.
will jruby support ruby1.9 and future ruby versions?

thanks and kind regards -botp

James Britt

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Jul 2, 2008, 4:04:12 AM7/2/08
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Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
> I'll probably get smacked for this, but you could certainly try JRuby in
> the meantime. We're not affected by those security issues and run Rails
> 2.1 fine...

Possible roadblock: You're using native-code libraries that do not have
JRuby analogues.


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Charles Oliver Nutter

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Jul 2, 2008, 6:35:42 AM7/2/08
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Peña wrote:
> From: Charles Oliver Nutter [mailto:charles...@sun.com]
> # try JRuby in the meantime. We're not affected by those security
> # issues and run Rails 2.1 fine...
>
> indeed. that's a great plus for jruby.
> will jruby support ruby1.9 and future ruby versions?

Yes, we plan to start adding 1.9 features over the summer and into fall,
with final support being ready around 1.9.1 release time at Christmas.

- Charlie

Peña, Botp

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Jul 2, 2008, 6:50:53 AM7/2/08
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From: Charles....@sun.com
# Yes, we plan to start adding 1.9 features over the summer and
# into fall, with final support being ready around 1.9.1 release
# time at Christmas.

wow, very cool indeed.
i'd like to test it on ramaze since ramaze is 1.9 ready.

thanks for jruby
kind regards -botp

Jason Roelofs

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Jul 2, 2008, 8:06:09 AM7/2/08
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Wow, we're also seeing seg-faults with this.

So a possibly vulnerable -p114 or a non-working -p230, nice.

Hmm, I didn't see problems locally because the ebuild for p230
includes a rollback patch that reverts change 15856. We'll see what
the official fix is, hopefully it's soon.

Jason

Charles Oliver Nutter

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Jul 2, 2008, 8:07:46 AM7/2/08
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Peña wrote:
> From: Charles....@sun.com
> # Yes, we plan to start adding 1.9 features over the summer and
> # into fall, with final support being ready around 1.9.1 release
> # time at Christmas.
>
> wow, very cool indeed.
> i'd like to test it on ramaze since ramaze is 1.9 ready.

For what it's worth, JRuby will support both 1.8 and 1.9 in the same
distribution:

➔ jruby -help
Usage: jruby [switches] [--] [programfile] [arguments]
-0[octal] specify record separator (, if no argument)
-a autosplit mode with -n or -p (splits $_ into $F)
..
--1.8 specify Ruby 1.8.x compatibility (default)
--1.9 specify Ruby 1.9.x compatibility
--version print the version

- Charlie

Michal Suchanek

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Jul 2, 2008, 9:22:50 AM7/2/08
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On 02/07/2008, Jason Roelofs <james...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, we're also seeing seg-faults with this.
>
> So a possibly vulnerable -p114 or a non-working -p230, nice.
>

If it segfaults and you did not investigate why you should assume it
is also vulnerable, although probably to a different thing.

Thanks

Michal

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