# Weird error on updating rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-error-on-updating-rails/88949>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 15, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-error-on-updating-rails/88949 "2007-03-15T21:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![nevermoo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@nevermoo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nevermoo)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-error-on-updating-rails/88949/1 "2007-03-15T21:06:11Z")

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Hi all,

I have been trying to update my rails installation on Mac OS X and am  
seeing this message during the installation. Can anyone suggest what may  
be happening, and is it anything for me to worry about?

lynley:~ ian$ sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies  
Successfully installed rails-1.2.3  
Successfully installed activesupport-1.4.2  
Successfully installed activerecord-1.15.3  
Successfully installed actionpack-1.13.3  
Successfully installed actionmailer-1.3.3  
Successfully installed actionwebservice-1.2.3  
Installing ri documentation for activesupport-1.4.2…  
Installing ri documentation for activerecord-1.15.3…  
Installing ri documentation for actionpack-1.13.3…

lib/action\_controller/routing.rb:1061:30: ‘:’ not followed by identified  
or operator

lib/action\_controller/routing.rb:1065:39: ‘:’ not followed by identified  
or operator

The same error comes up twice during the installation.

Thanks for any guidance.

Ian.

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**Author:** ![nevermoo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@nevermoo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nevermoo)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-error-on-updating-rails/88949/2 "2007-03-16T05:43:41Z")

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Ian P. wrote:

> Hi all,

> lib/action\_controller/routing.rb:1061:30: ‘:’ not followed by identified  
> or operator

I met the same problem, but nothing bad happen yet…

It’s said this problem only has something to do with Doc files…

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**Author:** ![nevermoo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@nevermoo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nevermoo)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-error-on-updating-rails/88949/3 "2007-03-16T07:01:00Z")

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Nanyang Z. wrote:

> Ian P. wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> 
> > lib/action\_controller/routing.rb:1061:30: ‘:’ not followed by identified  
> > or operator
> 
> I met the same problem, but nothing bad happen yet…
> 
> It’s said this problem only has something to do with Doc files…

OK, thanks. That is reassuring.