# FeedTools/FeedUpdater and Rails1.2 Problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feedtools-feedupdater-and-rails1-2-problem/87712>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 5, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feedtools-feedupdater-and-rails1-2-problem/87712 "2007-03-05T13:58:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![robertjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@robertjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robertjames)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feedtools-feedupdater-and-rails1-2-problem/87712/1 "2007-03-05T13:58:33Z")

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FeedUpdater has stopped working now that I have upgrade to Rails 1.2.2

When I run script/feed\_updater start I get:

/usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:196:in `activate': can't activate activesupport (= 1.3.1), already activated activesupport-1.4.1] (Gem::Exception) from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:214:in `activate’  
from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:213:in `activate' from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:66:in `active\_gem\_with\_options’  
from /usr/local/lib/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:59:in  
`require_gem' from ./config/boot.rb:28 from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require’  
from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.1/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:495:in  
`require' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new\_constants\_in’  
from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.1/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:495:in  
`require' from /home/jonesieboy/scotedublog/seb/lib/custom_updater.rb:2 from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:488:in `load’  
from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.1/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:342:in  
`new_constants_in' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:488:in `load’  
from script/feed\_updater:269

Any help gratefully received.

Robert J.  
[http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog](http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog)

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**Author:** ![robertjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@robertjames](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robertjames)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feedtools-feedupdater-and-rails1-2-problem/87712/2 "2007-03-05T17:43:30Z")

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Solved it myself - the problem is with RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION=‘1.1.6’ in  
environment.rb. Once I commented that out eveything started working  
again. Happy days!