[libxml-devel] libxml-ruby-0.5.2.0 seg faulting :(

[Erik Hollensbe]

On Nov 16, 2007, at 2:17 PM, uncle wrote:

> I just upgraded
> - feisty to gutsy
> - rails 1.2.3 to rails 1.2.5
> - ruby 1.8.5 to 1.8.6
>
> Turns out in the sudo gem update all, I also got gems/libxml-
> ruby-0.5.2.0
>
> Then I started getting random/frequent segfaults in a pretty big rails
> app.  The seg faults were happening in ostruct, so I went hunting all
> over, downgrading, etc.  Finally replaced ostruct with a 5 line home
> grown class that no way had problems, and I am still seg faulting.

You still have the old libxml-ruby on your machine.

Look into the 'gem' ruby method and how to pin your rails app to a  
specific version.

-Erik