# Rails 2.2.0 and Gettext incompatible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 26, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-2-0-and-gettext-incompatible/151830 "2008-10-26T15:15:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stanislav)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-2-0-and-gettext-incompatible/151830/1 "2008-10-26T15:15:02Z")
Hi all, Today I tried to upgrade one my Rails app to use version 2.2.0 of the framework. However mongrel could not start because of some incompatibility problems. The version of gettext gem is 1.93.0 ## Here it is the error output: ## /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.0/lib/active\_support/core\_ext/module/aliasing.rb:33:in `alias_method': undefined method`render\_file’ for class `ActionView::Base' (NameError) from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.0/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing.rb:33:in`alias\_method\_chain’ from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gettext-1.93.0/lib/gettext/rails.rb:291 from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’ from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require' from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:507:in`new\_constants\_in’ from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.0/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:148:in `require' from /home/gottin/workspace-netbeans/fanizen/app/controllers/application.rb:1 ... 33 levels... from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in`run’ from /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel\_rails:281 from /usr/bin/mongrel\_rails:19:in `load’ from /usr/bin/mongrel\_rails:19 Does someone has any ideas how to fix or workaround this problem? I feel that I should not be the only one with this. ---
**Author:** ![stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stanislav)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-2-0-and-gettext-incompatible/151830/2 "2008-10-28T16:54:41Z")
Htis is only the top of the iceberg, render\_file can be fixed by patching gettext, but the rest of gettext must largely be rewritten, since rails does not use class- instance variables(@@) anymore for thread safety reasons therefore my guess is that the next version of gettext could take some time… On Oct 26, 4:15 pm, Stanislav B. \ **Author:** ![stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stanislav)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-2-0-and-gettext-incompatible/151830/3 "2008-10-28T16:59:04Z") 10x for the explanations. It looks that we should continue developing with the current 2.1.2 version. ---
**Author:** ![stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stanislav)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-2-0-and-gettext-incompatible/151830/4 "2008-10-28T17:12:20Z")
See also rails 2.2’s builtin localization stuff: [http://www.artweb-design.de/2008/7/18/the-ruby-on-rails-i18n-core-api](http://www.artweb-design.de/2008/7/18/the-ruby-on-rails-i18n-core-api) ---
**Author:** ![stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stanislav)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-2-0-and-gettext-incompatible/151830/5 "2008-12-14T07:48:36Z")
Masao M. says: work is under way, new gettext will require ruby- locale to run, hopefully we can switch to 2.2 soon 😃 On Oct 28, 4:59 pm, Stanislav B. \ **Author:** ![stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@stanislav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stanislav)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-2-0-and-gettext-incompatible/151830/6 "2008-12-14T07:49:11Z") Masao M. says: work is under way, new gettext will require ruby- locale to run, hopefully we can switch to 2.2 soon 😃 On Oct 28, 4:59 pm, Stanislav B. \