On Thursday, 30 May 2013 05:31:54 UTC-7, Ruby-Forum.com User wrote: > > I tried to update a rails site going from 2.3.5 to 2.3.15, which failed. > I had a backup of the site which I restored, but the site still will not > start. It errors with: > > undefined method `name' for "actionmailer":String > > 0 /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb > 268 in ==' 1 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb 217 > in===' 2 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb 217 in > matching_specs' 3 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb > 36 infind_all' 4 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb > 412 in each' 5 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb 411 > ineach' 6 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb 216 in > find_all' 7 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb 216 > inmatching_specs' 8 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb > 238 in to_specs' 9 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency.rb > 256 into_spec' 10 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb 1231 in gem' > 11 /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb > 73 inadd_load_paths' 12 > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb 301 in > add_gem_load_paths' 13 > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb 301 ineach' > 14 /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb 301 in > add_gem_load_paths' 15 > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb 132 > inprocess' 16 /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb > 113 in send' 17 > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/initializer.rb 113 inrun' 18 > /var/www/lloyds/config/environment.rb 9 > 19 /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb 55 in > gem_original_require' 20 > /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb 55 inrequire' > > My gem list > > * LOCAL GEMS * > > actionmailer (2.3.5, 2.3.2) > actionpack (2.3.5, 2.3.2) > activerecord (2.3.5, 2.3.2) > activeresource (2.3.5, 2.3.2) > activesupport (2.3.5, 2.3.2) > authlogic (2.1.3) > exception_notification (1.0.20090728) > fastthread (1.0.7) > mysql (2.8.1) > paperclip (2.3.1.1) > passenger (2.2.9) > rack (1.1.6, 1.0.1) > rails (2.3.5, 2.3.2) > rake (0.8.7) > rubygems-update (1.8.25) > > The older versions of 2.3.x get very cranky indeed with modern versions of Rubygems. Try rolling back to something of a more appropriate vintage (I've got an old 2.3 app that uses rubygems-update 1.4.2 successfully).
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