# Problem with webrick and edge rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 18, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-webrick-and-edge-rails/55242 "2006-03-18T14:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![empty\_body](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@empty\_body](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/empty_body)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-webrick-and-edge-rails/55242/1 "2006-03-18T14:08:28Z")
i know i do not really have the right to seek help with edge rails, but i am hoping it is something trivial. quick scenario: $ rails test # create a new project $ svn import # import it into the repo, then go elsewhere, and checkout $ ruby script/server =\> Booting WEBrick… =\> Rails application started on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server; call with --help for options [2006-03-18 07:19:57] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1 [2006-03-18 07:19:57] INFO ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux] [2006-03-18 07:19:57] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=2676 port=3000 [2006-03-18 07:20:02] INFO going to shutdown … [2006-03-18 07:20:02] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start done. no problem, webrick starts up and all is good. now i switch to edge rails: $ svn propset svn:externals “rails [http://dev.rubyonrails.org/svn/rails/trunk](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/svn/rails/trunk)” . $ svn up [skipped] Updated external to revision 3922. here’s the error: * * * ## $ ruby script/server =\> Booting WEBrick… ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/…/tasks/tmp.rake:1: undefined method `namespace' for main:Object (NoMethodError) from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:142:in `load’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:29 from script/server:3 or even simpler: * * * ## $ ruby script/server -h =\> Booting WEBrick… ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/…/tasks/tmp.rake:1: undefined method `namespace' for main:Object (NoMethodError) from ./script/../config/../vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:142:in `load’ from ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:29 from script/server:3 here’s the environment: $ rake --version rake, version 0.7.0 $ rails --version Rails 1.0.0 $ ruby --version ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux] $ uname -a Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 #1 PREEMPT Thu Feb 2 00:48:08 EST 2006 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux the interesting thing is that the same exact scenario works on cygwin without any problems with exactly the same revision from rails trunk: $ # do the whole rails test / svn import / svn co / svn externals / svn up dance $ ruby script/server =\> Booting WEBrick… =\> Rails application started on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server; call with --help for options [2006-03-18 07:51:27] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1 [2006-03-18 07:51:27] INFO ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-cygwin] [2006-03-18 07:51:27] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=1012 port=3000 [2006-03-18 07:51:34] INFO going to shutdown … [2006-03-18 07:51:34] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start done. $ rake --version rake, version 0.7.0 $ rails --version Rails 1.0.0 $ ruby --version ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-cygwin] $ uname -a CYGWIN\_NT-5.1 1.5.19(0.150/4/2) 2006-01-20 13:28 i686 Cygwin in the past 24 hours i’ve tried about 5 latest revisions from rails trunk, and the result is always the same. i hope i am missing something obvious; at this point i am out of ideas. any suggestions are welcome. thank you. -a ---
**Author:** ![empty\_body](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@empty\_body](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/empty_body)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-webrick-and-edge-rails/55242/2 "2006-03-18T19:40:53Z")
so everything points to the fact that somehow my install is using an older version of rake that does not understand namespaces. i can confirm this by editing vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb and adding the following line: puts “rake version is #{Rake::Application::RAKEVERSION}” right after the line: require\_library\_or\_gem ‘rake’ the output is: rake version is 0.6.2 now i know what the problem is (it should have been rails 0.7.0, which is what my cygwin setup outputs), how do i fix it (and for all my projects)? even before posting i have reinstalled rails gem and confirmed that i indeed had rake 0.7.0. i even ran gem cleanup. thank you for any input. -a ---
**Author:** ![empty\_body](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@empty\_body](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/empty_body)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-webrick-and-edge-rails/55242/3 "2006-03-18T20:35:28Z")
SOLVED continuing down the winding path of recollection, i did remember that at some point out of sheer “hey ma, see what i can do” interest i have installed rake package with the OS (emerge rake); then i promptly forgot about it, since i started using gems. that old rake package was 0.6.2. there was an old rake binary in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/bin and it was taking precendence over everything else. thus uninstalling the package (emerge unmerge rake) solved the problem. in retrospect it was pretty trivial. hope this posting helps someone in future. -a