# Ri bug?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-bug/99287>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 31, 2006, 8:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-bug/99287 "2006-01-31T08:05:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 8:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-bug/99287/1 "2006-01-31T08:05:35Z")

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This is with ruby built from source on linux (ubuntu 5.10):

$ ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux]  
$ ri Set  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_formatter.rb:80:in `conv_html': private method`gsub’ called for [“Example”]:Array (NoMethodError)  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_formatter.rb:167:in  
`display_flow_item' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_formatter.rb:212:in`display\_flow’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_formatter.rb:211:in  
`display_flow' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_display.rb:268:in`display\_flow’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_display.rb:89:in  
`display_class_info' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_display.rb:199:in`page’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_display.rb:77:in  
`display_class_info' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_driver.rb:71:in`report\_class\_stuff’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_driver.rb:106:in  
`get_info_for' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_driver.rb:135:in`process\_args’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_driver.rb:134:in  
`process\_args’  
from /usr/local/bin/ri:48

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**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-bug/99287/2 "2006-01-31T20:58:28Z")

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On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:05 PM, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> This is with ruby built from source on linux (ubuntu 5.10):
> 
> $ ruby -v  
> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i686-linux]  
> $ ri Set  
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_formatter.rb:80:in `conv_html': private method `gsub’ called for [“Example”]:Array (NoMethodError)  
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri\_formatter.rb:167:in  
> `display\_flow\_item’

$ ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc-darwin8.4.0]  
$ ri -v  
ri v1.0.1 - 20041108  
$ ri Set  
------------------------------------------------------------- Class: Set  
…

Is your ri data correct?

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**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ri-bug/99287/3 "2006-01-31T21:10:41Z")

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Eric H. wrote:

> > `display\_flow\_item’

Thanks! That seems to have been the problem. I deleted  
/usr/local/share/ri and did make install-doc again. It must have been  
something left over from an old installation. All ok now.