RHBA-2014:0619 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ruby193 packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1.1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Description

Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It
provides features to process text files and to do system management tasks. The
ruby193 packages provide a recent stable release of Ruby with Rails 3.2.8 and a
large collection of Ruby gems.

The ruby193 packages have been upgraded to a later version that is required by
Red Hat Software Collections 1.1, which provides a number of bug fixes and
enhancements over the previous version. Note that previously, in Red Hat
Software Collections 1.0, the V8 JavaScript engine was part of the ruby193
Software Collection. In Red Hat Software Collections 1.1, the v8 packages have
been replaced by the v8314 Software Collection, which is installed as a
dependency. (BZ#1033904)

The ruby193-rubygem-bundler package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.3.5
which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
This package now supports the latest features, including Ruby 2.0. (BZ#999549)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the ruby193-libyaml packages were included in the ruby193 Software

Collection, while the system libyaml was available as well. Under certain
circumstances, the "libyaml-0.so.2" library could be provided by either of them.
Consequently, installing ruby193 could fail due to dependency problems. With
this update, the ruby193-libyaml packages have been removed from Red Hat
Software Collections and installing ruby193 no longer fails in this scenario.
(BZ#1070763, BZ#1069105)

• Previously, when creating a collection dependent on the ruby193 Software

Collection, Ruby gems from ruby193 were unable to find binary extensions
installed under a namespace other than ruby193. Consequently, the rubygem-*
packages from the dependent collection failed to load. This bug has been fixed,
Ruby gems are now able to find the locations of binary extensions for dependent
collections, and the described problems no longer occur. (BZ#998845)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• The ruby193 Software Collection now includes the MongoDB client library. It is

possible to access MongoDB databases from Ruby without installing external
libraries. (BZ#1009573)

• This update adds the rubygem-passenger packages to the ruby193 Software

Collection, introducing Phusion Passenger. Phusion Passenger is a web and
application server for Ruby, Python, Node.js, and Meteor web applications. It
provides the benefits of a C++ core, zero-copy architecture, watchdog system and
hybrid event driven, multi-threaded, and multi-process design. (BZ#986005)

• The %{gem_extdir_mri} macro for installing the rubygem-* binary extensions has

been added to the ruby193 Software Collection. This enhancement ensures better
compatibility between the ruby193 and ruby200 Software Collections. (BZ#1057723)

Users of ruby193 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Workstation) 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 1 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Software Collections (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 1 for RHEL 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 998845 - Binary extensions cannot be loaded from %gem_extdir from an scl namespace other than ruby193
• BZ - 1008486 - depending collections do not point into correct directory
• BZ - 1009573 - MongoDb backends are needed in collections languages [ruby193]
• BZ - 1033904 - Rebase to Ruby 1.9.3-p484
• BZ - 1048927 - Backport regenerated certificates for IMAP tests [ruby193]
• BZ - 1057723 - RHSCL 1.1 - RHEL7 Alpha 1.1 /etc/rpm/macros.rubygems is missing %{gem_extdir_mri}
• BZ - 1061459 - ruby193 meta package should include LICENSE, README and ruby193 man page files
• BZ - 1065887 - Gems using v8 scl during build should use virtual provide on scldevel(v8)
• BZ - 1071137 - rubygem-passenger on RHEL7 installs bad file as libexec script
• BZ - 1072927 - backport rubygem-passenger-4.0.18-daemon-controller.patch from rhel7 to fix daemon-controller dependency

CVEs

(none)

References

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