Was there any special about the 1.8.7 that was shipped with 8.10? One of our users is hitting this error, but our test case to detect the buggy version is not firing, even though it works fine for the 1.8.7 release from the ruby web site:
# # Check for the ugly 1.8.7 short-named constants bug # class ConstBugTestA Const = 'A' def test Const == 'A' end end ConstBugTestC = ConstBugTestA.dup class ConstBugTestB < ConstBugTestC Const = 'B' end def ruby_187_const_bug bugged = false begin ConstBugTestA.new.test() ConstBugTestB.new.test() rescue ::NameError bugged = true end bugged end if(ruby_187_const_bug()) $stderr.puts "" $stderr.puts "***********************************************************************" $stderr.puts "*** *" $stderr.puts "*** This version of the Ruby interpreter has significant problems, we *" $stderr.puts "*** strongly recommend that you switch to version 1.8.6 until these *" $stderr.puts "*** issues have been corrected. Alternatively, you can download, *" $stderr.puts "*** build, and install the latest Ruby snapshot from: *" $stderr.puts "*** - http://www.ruby-lang.org/ *" $stderr.puts "*** For more information, please see the following URL: *" $stderr.puts "*** - https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282302 *" $stderr.puts "*** *" $stderr.puts "***********************************************************************" $stderr.puts "" end -- Ruby 1.8 package breaks the Metasploit Framework (short-named constants) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282302 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs