Hi,
What is the correct way to get multiple rails installs to cooperate with
each other?
I’ve got nine projects that I built on my (windows) workstation and
deployed to a linux server. The linux server is running ruby 1.8.4 and
rails 1.1.6. Another project came along and it was built on a different
workstation, by a different developer, and I helped out after the fact.
It’s on rails 1.2.3, which is frozen in the vendor subdirectory for that
particular project.
In order to get things working on my local workstation, I had to update
all of the gems, and I believe ruby. gem list on my local machine shows
rails at 1.2.3 and 1.1.6. ruby -v shows 1.8.6.
However, since that update, I can’t start the local server on any of the
older projects, which is hurting my ability to get anything done in
those projects.
script/server on my workstation returns:
ruby script/server
./script/…/config/boot.rb:28:Warning: require_gem is obsolete. Use gem
instead.
The server starts, but will not process requests without throwing an
“application error”
The development log shows the following:
$ tail -f development.log
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/webrick_server.rb:67:in
dispatch ' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/commands/servers/webrick. rb:59 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
gem_original_re
quire’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/de pendenci es.rb:147:in
require’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/commands/server.rb:30
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
gem_original_re quire' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
require’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/de
pendenci
es.rb:147:in require' script/server:3 wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/ven dor/mysq l.rb:551:in
initialize’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/ven
dor/mysq
l.rb:551:in new' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/ven dor/mysq l.rb:551:in
scramble41’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/ven
dor/mysq
l.rb:141:in real_connect' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/con nection_ adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:330:in
connect’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/con
nection_
adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:87:in initialize' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/con nection_ adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:36:in
new’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/con
nection_
adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:36:in mysql_connection' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/con nection_ adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:251:in
send’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/con
nection_
adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:251:in
connection_without_query_c ache=' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/que ry_cache .rb:54:in
connection=’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/con
nection_
adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:220:in
retrieve_connection' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/con nection_ adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:78:in
connection’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/bas
e.rb:696
:in columns' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/bas e.rb:704 :in
columns_hash’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/s
ession/a
ctive_record_store.rb:103:in setup_sessid_compatibility!' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/s ession/a ctive_record_store.rb:77:in
find_by_session_id’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/s
ession/a
ctive_record_store.rb:281:in initialize' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active_record/bas e.rb:794 :in
silence’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/s
ession/a
ctive_record_store.rb:281:in initialize' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi/session.rb:273:in
new’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi/session.rb:273:in initialize' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/c gi_proce ss.rb:112:in
new’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/c
gi_proce
ss.rb:112:in session' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/c gi_proce ss.rb:142:in
stale_session_check!’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/c
gi_proce
ss.rb:108:in session' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/b ase.rb:9 18:in
assign_shortcuts_without_flash’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/f
lash.rb:
141:in assign_shortcuts' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/b ase.rb:4 02:in
process_without_filters’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/f
ilters.r
b:377:in process_without_session_management_support' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/s ession_m anagement.rb:117:in
process’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in
dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/webrick_server.rb:115:in
handle_
dispatch’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/webrick_server.rb:81:in
`service’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in service' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in
run’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in start_thread' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in
start’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in start_thread' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in
start’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in each' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in
start’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in
start’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/webrick_server.rb:67:in
dispatch ' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/commands/servers/webrick. rb:59 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
gem_original_re
quire’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/de pendenci es.rb:147:in
require’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/commands/server.rb:30
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
gem_original_re quire' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
require’
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/de
pendenci
es.rb:147:in `require’
script/server:3
So, for the short term, how can I get get webrick to run both the old
projects and new projects, on my local workstation, as needed, keeping
in mind that the production server runs ruby 1.8.4 and rails 1.1.6?
Second, is there a ‘correct’ way to upgrade a rails app from an older
release? For example, I see that the boot.rb files from the older and
newer projects have some differences.
Thank you.
Regards,
Rich