ActionMailer and Ruby SMTP causing a segmentation fault!

[Don]

I just activated Devise' :confirmable option in my User model.  As Devise tries to send out the confirmation-link email I get a segmentation-fault error in Ruby's SMTP library: 

... lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:583: [BUG] Segmentation fault

My config/environments/development.rb file has the following:

  config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
  config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
  config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => 'localhost:3000' }

My /config/initializers/setup_mail.rb file:

ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
  :address              => "smtp.gmail.com",
  :port                 => 587,
  :domain               => "mydomain.com",
  :user_name            => "[redacted]",
  :password             => "[redacted]",
  :authentication       => "plain",
  :enable_starttls_auto => true
}
ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host] = "localhost:3000"

The relevant code in smtp.rb   are these two methods:

def ssl_socket(socket, context)
  OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new socket, context
end

def tlsconnect(s)
  verified = false
  s = ssl_socket(s, @ssl_context)
  logging "TLS connection started"
  s.sync_close = true
  s.connect  # THIS IS LINE 583
  if @ssl_context.verify_mode != OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
    s.post_connection_check(@address)
  end
  verified = true
  s
ensure
  s.close unless verified
end

I've tried setting :enable_starttls_auto to false.  I don't get a segmentation fault, but no mail goes out either.  I can get a session going with the gmail smtp host via the command line.  I'm running on the latest version of Mac OS.  

Never had to debug a segmentation fault before.  Pretty intimidating.  Any thoughts, ideas, approaches?

[Colin Law]

On 27 January 2012 23:14, Don <don.l...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just activated Devise' :confirmable option in my User model.  As Devise
> tries to send out the confirmation-link email I get a segmentation-fault
> error in Ruby's SMTP library:
>
> ... lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:583: [BUG] Segmentation fault

If you are using ruby 1.9.1 then upgrade to 1.9.2 (or 1.9.3 though
maybe it is still a bit new) or go back to 1.8.7
1.9.1 did not play well with Rails

Colin

[Don]

>> tries to send out the confirmation-link email I get a segmentation-fault
>> error in Ruby's SMTP library:
>>
>> ... lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:583: [BUG] Segmentation fault

> If you are using ruby 1.9.1 then upgrade to 1.9.2 (or 1.9.3 though
> maybe it is still a bit new) or go back to 1.8.7
>1.9.1 did not play well with Rails

OK I'm confused.  The segmentation fault indicates it is happening in the ruby 1.9.1 version of the SMTP library (see quoted text.)  However, when I go to my project and enter the Rails console, I get this:

      irb(main):001:0> RUBY_VERSION

      => "1.9.3"

And when I go the project directory I get this:

      story_project #   ruby --version

      ruby 1.9.3p0 (2011-10-30 revision 33570) [x86_64-darwin11.2.0]

The full path on the segmentation fault is:

      /Users/don/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:583: [BUG] Segmentation fault

What is the deal here?  Why is Ruby 1.9.3 running code from 1.9.1?  Is this common?  Did RVM mess this up some how?

Perplexing!??

[Paul]

First, the 1.9.1 is "normal". That's always the folder it uses.

Second, are you having this problem?
http://www.christopherirish.com/2011/09/02/ruby-1-9-2-segmentation-fault-and-openssl/