Hi Christopher,
In brief, MacPorts’ “port select” command is working fine at the command-line
in Catalina… but the problem is with installing ANY version of ruby, not
switching between multiple versions of ruby that are already installed.
In a machine where no MacPorts Ruby is installed, the command “sudo port
install ruby27” is not working fully.
The package gets installed, but the links /opt/local/bin/ruby ->
/opt/local/bin/ruby2.7 and /opt/local/bin/gem -> /opt/local/bin/gem2.7 do not
get created automatically. So after installing I always get Apple’s Ruby from
/usr/bin when I use a “ruby” or “gem” command. Of course I can use “sudo port
select” to fix that, and I have done, but it took me several days of
frustration and messing around before I discovered that fact.
I think this is because the port file named “ruby_select”, on which each Ruby
port depends, is broken. You can see this port file’s contents using:
cat $(port file ruby_select)
Compare them to the perl and python “select” files:
cat $(port file perl_select)
cat $(port file python_select)
and I hope you (or someone) will see what the problem is.
Cheers,
Ian Wadham.
> On 4 Oct 2021, at 1:12 am, Christopher Nielsen <masc...@rochester.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The ruby_select portile just has:
>>
>> destroot {
>> select::install ruby ${filespath}/base
>> select::install ruby ${filespath}/none
>> }
>>
>> which does not redirect the commands “ruby” or “gem” to the appropriate
>> version when you have installed the port “ruby27” for example. Instead,
>> “which ruby” or “which gem” always finds the Apple version of Ruby, which is
>> now deprecated according to the Catalina Release Notes…
>
> Hmmm, it’s working fine for me.
>
> Starting from the default case, where nothing has been selected yet:
>
> $ ll $(which ruby)
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel restricted,compressed 51K Jul 9 18:40:13 2020
> /usr/bin/ruby
> $ ll $(which gem)
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel restricted,compressed 596B Jul 15 17:58:00 2017
> /usr/bin/gem
>
> After selecting ruby30:
>
> $ sudo port select ruby ruby30
> Selecting 'ruby30' for 'ruby' succeeded. 'ruby30' is now active.
> $ ll $(which ruby)
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 22B Oct 3 09:54:35 2021 /opt/local/bin/ruby
> -> /opt/local/bin/ruby3.0
> $ ll $(which gem)
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 21B Oct 3 09:54:35 2021 /opt/local/bin/gem ->
> /opt/local/bin/gem3.0
>
> After selecting ruby27:
>
> $ sudo port select ruby ruby27
> Selecting 'ruby27' for 'ruby' succeeded. 'ruby27' is now active.
> $ ll $(which ruby)
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 22B Oct 3 09:55:14 2021 /opt/local/bin/ruby
> -> /opt/local/bin/ruby2.7
> $ ll $(which gem)
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin - 21B Oct 3 09:55:14 2021 /opt/local/bin/gem ->
> /opt/local/bin/gem2.7
>
> And finally, after reverting back to no selection:
>
> $ sudo port select ruby none
> Selecting 'none' for 'ruby' succeeded. 'none' is now active.
> $ ll $(which ruby)
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel restricted,compressed 51K Jul 9 18:40:13 2020
> /usr/bin/ruby
> $ ll $(which gem)
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel restricted,compressed 596B Jul 15 17:58:00 2017
> /usr/bin/gem
>
> So this isn’t working for you on macOS Catalina…?
