Struck out installing 2.3 because of missing dependencies, but 2.4[.9] installs and buildr now works with one warning,
/home/rgarner/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.9/gems/builder-3.2.2/lib/builder/xchar.rb:111: warning: constant ::Fixnum is deprecated yay! > BTW are you the Robin Garner who worked with Steve Blackburn (sp?) > about 15 years ago? Either with JikesRVM or MMTk? Anyhoo - I believe > you helped me indirectly with my PhD topic before I changed tacks - so > thanks for that! ;) Yes, that's me :) Thanks for all the work you did on JikesRVM's build system - one of those painful, thankless jobs that made everyone's lives much easier! cheers On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 12:47 PM Peter Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:29 PM Robin Garner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Sorry to take so long to reply, it's one of those months ... > > Indeed and one of those years. > > > I'm running the default ruby for Ubuntu 20.04, which is 2.7.2. I did > > explore a couple of other versions via rvm but 2.5.2 didn't seem any > > better and I couldn't find a version of 1.x that would build. If I have > > another tilt, what version should I target ? > > The ruby version we have locked in our production environments is > 2.3.1 but to be honest I am not sure what version of linux we use. > > > >> Dr Robin Garner > > >> Technology Services > > >> Southern Cross University > > BTW are you the Robin Garner who worked with Steve Blackburn (sp?) > about 15 years ago? Either with JikesRVM or MMTk? Anyhoo - I believe > you helped me indirectly with my PhD topic before I changed tacks - so > thanks for that! ;) > > > -- > Cheers, > > Peter Donald >
