Ruby gem "minitest" is really old version.

SUK · 2014-12-06 23:12:48

Hi.

Why ruby package (https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/ruby/) contains minitest in version 4.7.5, which is 1.5 year old? (https://rubygems.org/gems/minitest/versions).

Is it bug or feature?

I've decided to learn ruby, so I've installed ruby package, then I've let pacgem (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacgem/) make and install packages with individual gems, starting at "rails" and then all dependencies. Then i've advanced to first step in creating rails application -

rails new ./

with repsonse:

/usr/lib/ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/dependency.rb:298:in `to_specs': Could not find 'minitest' (~> 5.1) - did find: [minitest-4.7.5] (Gem::LoadError)

.

Pacgem did not want to install minitest from rubygems repo, but I want to have my system clean with all gems managed by package manager. And also newest version (ruby package looks like newest, but minitest inside don't and some gems (rails) need higher version to work). What to do now?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2014-12-06 23:32:14

Version 5.4.3-1 of minitest is here:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ruby-minitest/

Spider.007 · 2014-12-07 11:04:05

You could open a bug to request minitest to be updated; but I don't see any explicit reference to minitest in the pkgbuild; implying ruby simply ships an older version with its official release?

SUK · 2014-12-07 13:38:43

OK, thank guys. If ruby is distributed with minitest 4.7.5 and minitest of other version can be installed without conflict (minitest in AUR use another files than official ruby package), then it is more bug in pacgem than in ruby. I'll try to raise bug in pacgem.

anatolik · 2014-12-23 22:54:40

minitest (and few other gems) are distributed as a part of ruby project. Upcoming ruby 2.2.0 will have minitest version 5.4.3.

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#1 2014-12-06 23:12:48

Ruby gem "minitest" is really old version.

#2 2014-12-06 23:32:14

Re: Ruby gem "minitest" is really old version.

#3 2014-12-07 11:04:05

Re: Ruby gem "minitest" is really old version.

#4 2014-12-07 13:38:43

Re: Ruby gem "minitest" is really old version.

#5 2014-12-23 22:54:40

Re: Ruby gem "minitest" is really old version.

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