# ANN: Ruby 1.8.6 pl383 released **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 13, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-1-8-6-pl383-released/173717 "2009-08-13T18:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kirkhoward)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-1-8-6-pl383-released/173717/1 "2009-08-13T18:41:11Z")
I am happy to announce that Ruby 1.8.6 pl383 was been released. This release is primarily a bugfix release. ``` * lib/rdoc/parsers/parse_c.rb: Fixed a small error in the ``` documentation. \* ext/tk/extconf.rb: Added some additional paths where TCL files are common found; fixes problems with building on some distributions. \* lib/complex.rb: Adjust #angle/#arg NaN return as per issue #1715 and recent rubyspec changes. Adjust angle/arg handling of (-0.0).angle as per r23960 & recent rubyspec changes. \* numeric.c, bignum.c: Applied changes from r23730. Infinity is \> any bignum number in comparisons. \* configure.in: fixed problems with using $libdir instead of $prefix/lib for RUBY\_LIB and friends. \* file.c: Added FCNTL inclusion to fix a compile error with solaris (backport from r22812) \* gc.c: Fixed Backport #1322 [ruby-core:23050], backport of r23257; Fixes a define\_method scope bug. \* gc.c: Add a check for DATA\_PTR(obj) to run\_final as a stopgap fix for debilitating segfaults. \* gc.c: Fixes warning: passing argument 1 of ‘add\_freelist’ makes pointer from integer without a cast \* node.h: Remove surplus comma \* ext/socket/extconf.rb: Corrected function definitions to specify return values. \* lib/date.rb: Removed private on to\_date and to\_datetime \* configure.in: Little fixes for x64 libdir/sitedir. \* lib/ostruct.rb: Fixed buggy openstruct#inspect recursion. \* test/ostruct/test\_ostruct.rb: Modified tests to fit the #inspect fix. The most significant changes are in gc.c. If you have experienced inexplicable segmentation faults with Ruby 1.8.6 pl369 or Ruby 1.8.6 pl369, you should look at upgrading. Source archives of this release are available at: ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.6-p383.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.6-p383.tar.gz ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.6-p383.zip As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Kirk H. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kirkhoward)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-1-8-6-pl383-released/173717/2 "2009-08-14T00:34:30Z")
Kirk H. wrote: > I am happy to announce that Ruby 1.8.6 pl383 was been released. Has something changed in how pthread is turned off? In my old build dir of ruby-1.8.6-p287, I have: $ grep disable-pthread config\* config.log: $ ./configure --disable-pthread --with-tcl-dir=/usr/local –with-tk-dir=/usr/local --disable-tcl-thread $ ldd ruby | grep thread $ I’m not sure all those switches were needed (I get warnings about the last 3 now), but it works–ruby/tk doesn’t crash. Now, with p383, I get this: $ ./configure --disable-pthread --with-tcl-dir=/usr/local –with-tk-dir=/usr/local --disable-tcl-thread [warnings about the last three switches] $ make $ ldd ruby | grep thread libpthread.so.0 =\> /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7de0000) Same thing happens if I do simply: $ ./configure What do I need to do to get ruby to not use pthread? Shouldn’t pthread be disabled by default, since “–enable-pthread” is listed under optional features? ---
**Author:** ![kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kirkhoward)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-1-8-6-pl383-released/173717/3 "2009-08-14T00:56:09Z")
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Joel VanderWerf[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Kirk H. wrote: > > > I am happy to announce that Ruby 1.8.6 pl383 was been released. > > Has something changed in how pthread is turned off? This is a good catch, Joel. I was just able to confirm similar results. I’ll debug this and get back to you. Kirk H. ---
**Author:** ![kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kirkhoward)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-1-8-6-pl383-released/173717/4 "2009-08-14T05:10:43Z")
On Aug 13, 7:55 pm, Kirk H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Joel VanderWerf[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Kirk H. wrote: > > > > I am happy to announce that Ruby 1.8.6 pl383 was been released. > > > Has something changed in how pthread is turned off? > > This is a good catch, Joel. I was just able to confirm similar > results. I’ll debug this and get back to you. Perhaps this is related to pthread been always detected, even when – disable-pthread has been explicitly indicated? I remember report it to Redmine but cannot find the specific revision on 1.9.1 ---
**Author:** ![kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kirkhoward)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-1-8-6-pl383-released/173717/5 "2009-08-14T06:18:38Z")
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Luis L.[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Found it: > > r23601: > > configure.in (THREAD\_MODEL): reject unknown value and checks pthread.h > only when pthread. [ruby-core:23577] > > I believe that needs to be backported to 1.8 and 1.8.6 since is a > problem introduced by previous pthread related commits and backports. You rock Luis. I’ll put that on my todo list. Thanks, Kirk H. ---
**Author:** ![kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kirkhoward)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-1-8-6-pl383-released/173717/6 "2009-08-14T07:12:29Z")
Kirk H. wrote: > > problem introduced by previous pthread related commits and backports. > > You rock Luis. I’ll put that on my todo list. I’ve backported this into 1.8 as revision r24534. Please check. ---
**Author:** ![kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kirkhoward)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-1-8-6-pl383-released/173717/7 "2009-08-14T05:16:35Z")
On Aug 14, 12:06 am, Luis L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > results. I’ll debug this and get back to you. > > Perhaps this is related to pthread been always detected, even when – > disable-pthread has been explicitly indicated? > > I remember report it to Redmine but cannot find the specific revision > on 1.9.1 Found it: r23601: configure.in (THREAD\_MODEL): reject unknown value and checks pthread.h only when pthread. [ruby-core:23577] I believe that needs to be backported to 1.8 and 1.8.6 since is a problem introduced by previous pthread related commits and backports. Cheers, ---
**Author:** ![kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kirkhoward](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kirkhoward)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-ruby-1-8-6-pl383-released/173717/8 "2009-08-14T22:02:12Z")
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:11:37 +0900, Urabe S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’ve backported this into 1.8 as revision r24534. Please check. That unfortunately doesn’t help. While diffing through configure.in between p287 and p383, I noticed this: +AC\_CHECK\_LIB(rt, clock\_gettime) # GNU/Linux Ruby now links against librt, as introduced for a new implementation of timeofday() proposed on ruby-core [1]. And librt again, _surprise_, links against libpthread. Afaik the link dependencies are flattened, and so that should be where the libpthread link comes from. Alex (Sorry about that empty email earlier) [1] [http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/151618](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/151618)