# Rails install question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-install-question/80655>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 29, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-install-question/80655 "2006-12-29T17:30:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-install-question/80655/1 "2006-12-29T17:30:46Z")

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I get this and I am wondering if it “hurts” anything:

While generating documentation for activesupport-1.3.1  
… MESSAGE: Unhandled special: Special: type=17, text=""  
… RDOC args: --ri --op  
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/doc/activesupport-1.3.1/ri --quiet lib  
(continuing with the rest of the installation)  
Installing ri documentation for activerecord-1.14.4…  
Installing ri documentation for actionpack-1.12.5…  
While generating documentation for actionpack-1.12.5  
… MESSAGE: Unhandled special: Special: type=17, text=""  
… RDOC args: --ri --op  
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/doc/actionpack-1.12.5/ri --quiet lib  
(continuing with the rest of the installation)

Robert

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**Author:** ![quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-install-question/80655/2 "2006-12-29T17:48:51Z")

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On Dec 29, 2006, at 11:30 AM, Robert H. wrote:

> … MESSAGE: Unhandled special: Special: type=17, text=“”  
> … RDOC args: --ri --op  
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/doc/actionpack-1.12.5/ri --quiet lib  
> (continuing with the rest of the installation)

I’ve seen that before. It shouldn’t cause problems. I think there  
are just some tags in the docs that rdoc isn’t handling. Not sure why.

But for future reference these questions are better placed on the  
rails mailing list.  
( [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) )  
-Mat

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**Author:** ![quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-install-question/80655/3 "2006-12-29T17:56:52Z")

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Mat S. wrote:

> > Installing ri documentation for actionpack-1.12.5…
> 
> But for future reference these questions are better placed on the  
> rails mailing list.  
> ( [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) )  
> -Mat

Thanks a bunch.

Robert

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**Author:** ![quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-install-question/80655/4 "2006-12-29T18:02:54Z")

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> But for future reference these questions are better placed on the rails  
> mailing list.  
> ( [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ) -Mat

Does anyone know of a good way to get a’hold of those guys. Looks like  
they filled their disk on their mailman subscription server. Got the  
following trying to subscribe:

Bug in Mailman version 2.1.5

We’re sorry, we hit a bug!

If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy  
of  
this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what  
happened. Thanks! Traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver”, line 87, in run\_main  
main()  
File “/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py”, line 91, in main  
mlist.Lock()  
File “/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py”, line 159, in Lock  
self.\_\_lock.lock(timeout)  
File “/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py”, line 243, in lock  
self.\_\_write()  
File “/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py”, line 422, in \_\_write  
fp = open(self.\_\_tmpfname, ‘w’)  
IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device:  
‘/usr/local/mailman/locks/rails.lock.wrath.rubyonrails.com.93739.0’

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**Author:** ![quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-install-question/80655/5 "2006-12-30T06:01:01Z")

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On Dec 29, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Rob M. wrote:

> Bug in Mailman version 2.1.5  
> main()  
> File “/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py”, line 91, in main  
> mlist.Lock()  
> File “/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py”, line 159, in Lock  
> self.\_\_lock.lock(timeout)  
> File “/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py”, line 243, in lock  
> self.\_\_write()  
> File “/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py”, line 422, in \_\_write  
> fp = open(self.\_\_tmpfname, ‘w’)  
> IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device:  
> ‘/usr/local/mailman/locks/rails.lock.wrath.rubyonrails.com.93739.0’

Looks like removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid should do it.  
-Mat

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**Author:** ![quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-install-question/80655/6 "2006-12-30T07:17:13Z")

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The Rails list is also a group at  
[http://groups.google.com](http://groups.google.com)

I think this is the direct link into the group to subscribe, etc  
[http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en)

Matt

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**Author:** ![quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/dec6dc/32.png) [@quik77](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/quik77)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 7:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-install-question/80655/7 "2006-12-30T07:47:17Z")

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On 12/30/06, matt [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> The Rails list is also a group at  
> [http://groups.google.com](http://groups.google.com)
> 
> I think this is the direct link into the group to subscribe, etc  
> [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en)
> 
> Matt

Matts right, they moved the rails list off of mailman and its now only  
on google groups (and various web gateways, of course).

- Rob