# Seg faults and problems with new version **URL:** \ **Category:** Ferret\ **Created:** [October 16, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seg-faults-and-problems-with-new-version/72290 "2006-10-16T08:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jordanf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@jordanf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jordanf)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seg-faults-and-problems-with-new-version/72290/1 "2006-10-16T08:19:16Z")
Hi all, first off, it’s 2AM and I’m not thinking properly, so please forgive me if this one’s easy, but I just need to get this going. ``` First problem, using 0.9.6 on all of our development machines, ``` works great, then we move it to a server running x86\_64 linux and it segfaults as soon as it tries to create an Index. I’ve tried rebuilding with different optimization flags, to no avail. So I figured, hey, let’s upgrade to 0.10.x and see how that goes. So I updated to the latest gem of ferret, and switched over to the stable tagged branch of acts\_as\_ferret, but now I get the following: > > Person.rebuild\_index > > NoMethodError: undefined method `exists?' for {:index=>:yes, :term_vector=>:no, :store=>:no, :boost=>1.0}:Hash from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ferret/index/field_infos.rb:20:in`initialize’ > > from > > ./script/…/config/…/config/…/vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/class\_methods.rb:166:in > > `rebuild\_index’ > > from (irb):1 Any thoughts? I don’t want to start going into the code and messing with stuff in the acts\_as\_ferret plugin, because I’m sure it must be working for others, and I’m just doing something stupid…so what am I doing wrong? Cheers, Jordan ---
**Author:** ![jordanf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@jordanf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jordanf)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 8:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seg-faults-and-problems-with-new-version/72290/2 "2006-10-16T08:59:19Z")
Hey … > First problem, using 0.9.6 on all of our development machines, > works great, then we move it to a server running x86\_64 linux and it > segfaults as soon as it tries to create an Index. I’ve tried We had some problems with 0.9.x on x86\_64 as well, but it is running very stable on 0.10.x now… So I guess you shouldn’t use 0.9.x anymore… Not sure about the AAF issue, though… But i guess you should try to get the latest svn version of the plugin. Jens is currently updating the code to match the latest version of ferret. Ben ---
**Author:** ![jordanf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@jordanf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jordanf)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seg-faults-and-problems-with-new-version/72290/3 "2006-10-16T12:27:51Z")
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 02:16:59AM -0400, Jordan F. wrote: > tagged branch of acts\_as\_ferret, but now I get the following: > > > > Person.rebuild\_index > > > NoMethodError: undefined method `exists?’ for {:index=\>:yes, > > > :term\_vector=\>:no, :store=\>:no, :boost=\>1.0}:Hash > > > from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/ferret/index/field\_infos.rb:20:in that field\_infos.rb seems to belong to an older version of Ferret. Mine (0.10.11) doesn’t call exists? anywhere. I think I’ve seen that problem before, you should check where your gem install command installed ferret to, and if you have lying around an older version in /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby (that location doesn’t look like a gem repository anyway). Jens – webit! Gesellschaft für neue Medien mbH [www.webit.de](http://www.webit.de) Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieur Jens Krämer removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Schnorrstraße 76 Tel +49 351 46766 0 D-01069 Dresden Fax +49 351 46766 66 ---
**Author:** ![jordanf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@jordanf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jordanf)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seg-faults-and-problems-with-new-version/72290/4 "2006-10-16T18:08:40Z")
Yeah, it definitely was some old version kicking around. I deleted that, got the latest and greatest version of Ferret and the aaf plugin, and it all seems to work great now. Time to put it through the irons and see if the new version is as stable on x86\_64 as the old version was on plain old 32-bit Linux. Thanks for the speedy response, you guys saved the day as usual. Cheers, Jordan F. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid