# Upgrade to Ruby 1.8.6 broke my app **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 10, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-to-ruby-1-8-6-broke-my-app/167636 "2009-05-10T18:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![caliwildman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@caliwildman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caliwildman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-to-ruby-1-8-6-broke-my-app/167636/1 "2009-05-10T18:21:42Z")
I recently upgraded my Windows dev machine to Ruby 1.8.6 p287 Rails 2.3.2, my previous setup was Ruby 1.8.5 and Rails 2.1. My app was running fine until I upgraded Ruby. Here’s the error stack Processing TabController#index (for 127.0.0.1 at 2009-05-09 21:05:30) [GET] Session ID: 0356258fa1b9339a1aca32d4df27dcae Parameters: {“action”=\>“index”, “controller”=\>“tab”} ?[4;36;1mSQL (0.000000)?[0m ?[0;1mSET NAMES ‘utf8’?[0m ?[4;35;1mEntry Columns (0.015000)?[0m ?[0mSHOW FIELDS FROM entries?[0m ?[4;36;1mEntry Indexes (0.016000)?[0m ?[0;1mSHOW KEYS FROM entries?[0m ?[4;35;1mSQL (0.000000)?[0m ?[0mSELECT count(\*) AS count\_all FROM entries OR DER BY entries.created\_at DESC ?[0m ?[4;36;1mEntry Load (0.000000)?[0m ?[0;1mSELECT \* FROM entries ORDER BY entr ies.created\_at DESC LIMIT 0, 10?[0m NoMethodError (private method `gsub' called for 140:Fixnum): c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/text.rb:292:in`normalize’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/element.rb:1085:in `[]=' /app/controllers/application.rb:57:in`resize\_videos’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/element.rb:891:in `each' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/xpath.rb:53:in`each’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/element.rb:891:in `each' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/element.rb:393:in`each\_element’ /app/controllers/application.rb:56:in `resize_videos' /vendor/plugins/will_paginate/lib/will_paginate/paginated_collection.rb:24:i n`each’ /vendor/plugins/will\_paginate/lib/will\_paginate/paginated\_collection.rb:24:i n `each' /app/controllers/application.rb:54:in`resize\_videos’ /app/controllers/tab\_controller.rb:34:in `index' /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1095:in`send’ /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:1095:in `perform_acti on_without_filters' /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:632:in`call\_filte r’ /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:638:in `call_filte r' /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:438:in`call’ /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:637:in `call_filte r' /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:619:in`perform\_ac tion\_without\_benchmark’ /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:66:in `perfor m_action_without_rescue' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in`measure’ /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:66:in `perfor m_action_without_rescue' /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:83:in`perform\_acti on’ /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:430:in `send' /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb:430:in`process\_witho ut\_filters’ /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:624:in `process_wi thout_session_management_support' /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:114:in`process’ /vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:330:in `process' /vendor/rails/railties/lib/dispatcher.rb:41:in`dispatch’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:78 :in `process' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76 :in`synchronize’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76 :in `process' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:618:in` process\_client’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:617:in `each' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:617:in` process\_client’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:736:in `run' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:736:in` initialize’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:736:in `new' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:736:in` run’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:720:in `initialize' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:720:in` new’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:720:in `run' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel/configurato r.rb:271:in`run’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel/configurato r.rb:270:in `each' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel/configurato r.rb:270:in`run’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/bin/mongrel\_rails:127:i n `run' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/lib/mongrel/command.rb: 211:in`run’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1-mswin32/bin/mongrel\_rails:243 /vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load’ ``` /vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in ``` `load’ ``` /vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:343:in ``` `new_c onstants_in' /vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in`load’ ``` /vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/servers/mongrel.rb:60 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in ``` `gem_origina l_require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`require’ /vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `requi re' /vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:343:in`new\_c onstants\_in’ /vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `requi re' /vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:39 script/server:3:in`require’ script/server:3 Rendering ./script/…/config/…/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action\_controller/te mplates/rescues/layout.rhtml (500 Internal Error) Does anyone know what caused the error? I’m going to dig in but hoping for a quick answer if someone already encountered this problem. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![caliwildman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@caliwildman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caliwildman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-to-ruby-1-8-6-broke-my-app/167636/2 "2009-05-10T19:09:23Z")
On May 10, 5:21 pm, Cali W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I recently upgraded my Windows dev machine to Ruby 1.8.6 p287 Rails > 2.3.2, my previous setup was Ruby 1.8.5 and Rails 2.1. My app was > running fine until I upgraded Ruby. Here’s the error stack > > NoMethodError (private method `gsub' called for 140:Fixnum): c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/text.rb:292:in `normalize’ > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/element.rb:1085:in `[]=' /app/controllers/application.rb:57:in `resize\_videos’ Might there be something interesting in this part of your app ? Fred ---
**Author:** ![caliwildman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@caliwildman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caliwildman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-to-ruby-1-8-6-broke-my-app/167636/3 "2009-05-10T22:32:06Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > On May 10, 5:21�pm, Cali W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > I recently upgraded my Windows dev machine to Ruby 1.8.6 p287 Rails > > 2.3.2, my previous setup was Ruby 1.8.5 and Rails 2.1. My app was > > running fine until I upgraded Ruby. Here’s the error stack > > > > NoMethodError (private method `gsub' called for 140:Fixnum): � � c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/text.rb:292:in `normalize’ > > � � c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/element.rb:1085:in `[]=' � � /app/controllers/application.rb:57:in `resize\_videos’ > > Might there be something interesting in this part of your app ? > > Fred Remember this is the exact same code that runs fine with Ruby 1.8.5 with Rails 2.3.2. it works fine if I switch the Ruby environment variable to 1.8.5. So either 1.8.6 fixed a bug that didn’t manifest in 1.8.5 or changed the API causing it to break. ---
**Author:** ![caliwildman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@caliwildman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caliwildman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-to-ruby-1-8-6-broke-my-app/167636/4 "2009-05-10T23:47:44Z")
On May 10, 9:32 pm, Cali W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Remember this is the exact same code that runs fine with Ruby 1.8.5 with > Rails 2.3.2. it works fine if I switch the Ruby environment variable to > 1.8.5. So either 1.8.6 fixed a bug that didn’t manifest in 1.8.5 or > changed the API causing it to break. Entirely possible. Either way the closest bit of app code that is yours in the stack trace is still interesting. Fred