[chef] Re: Re: Segmentation fault when I upload cookbooks

[Gustavo < >]

Thanks to all for the information / suggestion !

Now I understand that it is a ruby bug/problem.
I will try to backport  Ruby from wheezy in order to be in the "Debian's 
way".

Regards,
Gustavo

El 16/03/12 12:15, Wes Morgan escribió:
> 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