# Edge Rails, Ruby 1.8.2 and "uninitialized constant 'modelnam **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 16, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-ruby-1-8-2-and-uninitialized-constant-modelnam/69060 "2006-02-16T03:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-ruby-1-8-2-and-uninitialized-constant-modelnam/69060/1 "2006-02-16T03:47:09Z")
I know it might seem like I am repeating myself but I can’t seem to find the solution to my problem. I am trying to run edge rails using “rake freeze\_edge” and every time I do that my application stops to work. I get an error on every page. I get a “uninitialized constant modelname” error where modelname is the object being created for that view Has anyone ever seen this with edge? Your help would be greatly appreciated :-). I pasted the full trace just in case that would help: ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/ dependencies.rb:110:in `const_missing' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:137:in `const\_missing’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/ dependencies.rb:139:in `send' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:139:in `const\_missing’ #{RAILS\_ROOT}/app/controllers/notes\_controller.rb:6:in `view' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:887:in `send’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/ base.rb:887:in `perform_action_without_filters' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/ filters.rb:355:in `perform\_action\_without\_benchmark’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/ benchmarking.rb:69:in `perform_action_without_rescue' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/ benchmarking.rb:69:in `measure’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/ benchmarking.rb:69:in `perform_action_without_rescue' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/ rescue.rb:82:in `perform\_action’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/ base.rb:359:in `send' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:359:in `process\_without\_filters’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/ filters.rb:364:in `process_without_session_management_support' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/ session_management.rb:117:in `process’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in `dispatch' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/webrick_server.rb: 117:in `handle\_dispatch’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/webrick\_server.rb: 83:in `service' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:155:in `start\_thread’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:in `start' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:in `start\_thread’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:94:in `start' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:89:in `each’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:89:in `start' /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:79:in `start’ /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:79:in `start' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/webrick_server.rb: 69:in `dispatch’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/servers/ webrick.rb:59 /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:18:in `require__' /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:18:in `require’ ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/ dependencies.rb:153:in `require' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:28 script/server:3:in `require’ script/server:3 John K. [http://www.kopanas.com](http://www.kopanas.com) ===================================================================== [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - source of the freshest software engineering information on the net [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference ---
**Author:** ![johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-ruby-1-8-2-and-uninitialized-constant-modelnam/69060/2 "2006-02-17T01:09:20Z")
To answer my own question… you need ruby 1.8.4 to run rails edge. Just in case someone was curious. On 15-Feb-06, at 9:44 PM, John K. wrote: > I pasted the full trace just in case that would help: > ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/ > benchmarking.rb:69:in `perform_action_without_rescue' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:94:in `start’ > /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > John K. > [http://www.kopanas.com](http://www.kopanas.com) ===================================================================== [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - source of the freshest software engineering information on the net [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference ---
**Author:** ![johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-ruby-1-8-2-and-uninitialized-constant-modelnam/69060/3 "2006-02-17T04:51:59Z")
Interesting… I’ve been running 1.8.2 with edge on two machines with no problems but today I added some engines and got the same error. Are you saying you can’t just: rails foo freeze rails, and get a working foo application? John K. wrote: > To answer my own question… you need ruby 1.8.4 to run rails edge. > Just in case someone was curious. > > On 15-Feb-06, at 9:44 PM, John K. wrote: > > > I pasted the full trace just in case that would help: > > ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/ > > benchmarking.rb:69:in `perform_action_without_rescue' ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:94:in `start’ > > /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: > > > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > John K. > > [http://www.kopanas.com](http://www.kopanas.com) > > ===================================================================== > [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - source of the freshest software engineering > information on the net > [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference ---
**Author:** ![johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-ruby-1-8-2-and-uninitialized-constant-modelnam/69060/4 "2006-03-17T05:22:54Z")
I got 1.8.2 with actual rails from the gems. Working perfectly with WebRick, but ot complains about const\_missing with one of my 2 (!) models when I use it with Apache. It’s Version 2.0.54 with CGI, not f\*cgi - it’s an old SuSE and sucking like hell… Tomorrow I will try it on my working machine with Ubuntu/breezy, report will follow. Any hint what I could try? ---
**Author:** ![johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-ruby-1-8-2-and-uninitialized-constant-modelnam/69060/5 "2006-03-19T17:01:47Z")
It didn’t work on my own machine either. But I found out that the error goes away when I remove the "require ‘libs/search’ in my model (this one that has not been found). I used the TextSearch thingy for easy searching over multiple fields. Now I have to use the code per copy+paste in the model, but whatever. Just wanna know why this happened?! the lib I used: [Peak Obsession](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/TextSearch) regards Niklas ---
**Author:** ![johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@johnk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/edge-rails-ruby-1-8-2-and-uninitialized-constant-modelnam/69060/6 "2006-02-17T05:16:41Z")
That I do not know. I just know the application I had did not allow me to use edge rails on Mac OS X default install of ruby. It could of been my use of acts\_as\_versioned or something else like that. On 16-Feb-06, at 10:51 PM, Steve R. wrote: > > > ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in > > > information on the net > > > [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) John K. [http://www.kopanas.com](http://www.kopanas.com) ===================================================================== [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - source of the freshest software engineering information on the net [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference