# Rails 2.3.4 errors.... is it a stable version ? or shoudl I revert to 2.3.2?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 11, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-4-errors-is-it-a-stable-version-or-shoudl-i-revert-to-2-3-2/175326 "2009-09-11T10:46:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-4-errors-is-it-a-stable-version-or-shoudl-i-revert-to-2-3-2/175326/1 "2009-09-11T10:46:34Z")

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## just installed 2.3.4, and launched a simple script/console … got errors, both in 2.3.4 libs…

$ script/console  
Loading development environment (Rails 2.3.4)

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/active\_record/  
i18n\_interpolation\_deprecation.rb:23:NoMethodError: undefined method  
`alias\_method\_chain’ for I18n::Backend::Simple:Class

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/  
console\_with\_helpers.rb:5:NameError: uninitialized constant  
ApplicationController

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**Author:** ![kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-4-errors-is-it-a-stable-version-or-shoudl-i-revert-to-2-3-2/175326/2 "2009-09-11T17:11:12Z")

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2009/9/11 Erwin [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> `alias\_method\_chain’ for I18n::Backend::Simple:Class
> 
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/  
> console\_with\_helpers.rb:5:NameError: uninitialized constant  
> ApplicationController
> 
> > > exit

Is that with a newly generated rails app? If not did you remember to  
upgrade the app with rake rails:update ?

Colin

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**Author:** ![kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kadoudal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kadoudal)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-4-errors-is-it-a-stable-version-or-shoudl-i-revert-to-2-3-2/175326/3 "2009-09-13T00:19:27Z")

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On Sep 11, 4:44 am, Erwin [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/  
> console\_with\_helpers.rb:5:NameError: uninitialized constant  
> ApplicationController

Both of these smell like something’s trying to patch parts of Rails.  
Are you running on an app generated in an older version? What plugins  
were installed when this error happened?

–Matt J.