[chef] Re: Segmentation fault when I upload cookbooks

[Wes Morgan < >]

On Mar 16, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Bryan McLellan wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Gustavo 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>> I'm getting the following segfault when I upload cookbooks to chef server:
>> 
>>     /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/checksum_cache.rb:174: [BUG] 
>> Segmentation
>> fault
>>     ruby 1.8.7 (2010-08-16 patchlevel 302) [x86_64-linux]
>> 
>> I'm running chef server and clients on Debian Squeeze amd64.
> 
> The 'easiest' path for Ruby segfaults most of the time is upgrading to
> a newer Ruby. These patches rarely get backported.
> 
> A few routes:
> 1) Backporting Ruby from wheezy/testing, it contains Ruby 1.8.7.352-2.
> For instance, using pbuilder:
> http://edseek.com/~jasonb/articles/pbuilder_backports/
> 2) Upgrade to Debian wheezy/testing.
> 3) Remove all ruby packages from apt and install Ruby from source
> 4) Use RVM to install a confined Ruby (and live with the consequences
> of what it does to your environment)

There is also rbenv which purports to be a simpler and less invasive 
implementation of RVM's central concept, namely sandboxed Ruby installations 
that you can switch among on the fly. It lives here: 
https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv

I use RVM personally, so caveat emptor.

> 
> Bryan

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