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Environment

New server with freshly downloaded Alpine 2.6.4 mini ISO.

Linux ind-web010 3.10.10-1-grsec #2-Alpine SMP Tue Sep 3 07:05:53 UTC 2013 x86_64 Linux

Issue

Adding the ‘ruby’ package installs an interpreter that cannot be started.

Steps to reproduce

ind-web010:~# apk add ruby
(1/7) Installing libffi (3.0.13-r0)
(2/7) Installing gdbm (1.10-r0)
(3/7) Installing ncurses-base (5.9-r1)
(4/7) Installing ncurses-libs (5.9-r1)
(5/7) Installing readline (6.2.004-r0)
(6/7) Installing ruby-libs (2.0.0_p247-r0)
(7/7) Installing ruby (2.0.0_p247-r0)
Executing busybox-1.21.1-r0.trigger
Executing uclibc-utils-0.9.33.2-r21.trigger
OK: 332 MiB in 86 packages
ind-web010:~# ruby
/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems.rb:15:in `require': cannot load such file -- rubygems/compatibility (LoadError)
    from /usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems.rb:15:in `<top (required)>'
    from <internal:gem_prelude>:1:in `require'
    from <internal:gem_prelude>:1:in `<compiled>'
ind-web010:~#

Suggested fix

Add the ‘ruby-gems’ package as a dependency of ‘ruby’, as installing this package fixes the issue:

ind-web010:~# apk add ruby-gems
(1/1) Installing ruby-gems (2.0.0_p247-r0)
Executing busybox-1.21.1-r0.trigger
Executing uclibc-utils-0.9.33.2-r21.trigger
OK: 333 MiB in 87 packages
ind-web010:~# ruby
puts "yay"
^D
yay
ind-web010:~#

(from redmine: issue id 2261, created on 2013-09-24, closed on 2013-10-02)

• Changesets:
  • Revision 6e6c8a53 by Natanael Copa on 2013-09-26T14:07:01Z:

main/ruby: remove ruby-gems subpackage

ruby does not work witout it

fixes #2261