Packaging Request #2148
[ruby]: broken x86_64 and i686
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Description
$ anything-that-usess-ruby
Traceback (most recent call last):
1: from <internal:gem_prelude>:2:in `<internal:gem_prelude>'
<internal:gem_prelude>:2:in `require': cannot load such file -- rubygems.rb (LoadError)
History
Updated by bill-auger over 5 years ago
some essential ruby-ish binaries were moved into different packages (rubygems, irb, rdoc, ri, rake) - this probably just needs an upgrade to v2.6, though there could be a dependency cascade with 'ruby-*' re-packaged gems
just to note: a 'ruby2.5' package has been added to arch, but its only dependent is 'gitlab'
Updated by freemor over 5 years ago
I was looking into this a bit.. Wanting to understand the need for the Libre package, understand what the patches do etc.
In such I saw that the original issue was from 4 years ago and that a bug re licensing had been filed with the ruby folks. After diving through a rats nest of "related" to and "re-opened as" type threads I'm getting the impression that the ruby folks consider this fixed and closed. If that is indeed the case we may be able to just un-libre the ruby package and save future time and effort
for reference see:
Updated by bill-auger over 5 years ago
- Priority changed from bug to broken
- Tracker changed from Bug to Packaging Request
ok i looked into it more on our side - thre are currently 3 ruby packages on the blacklist
ruby2.3:ruby2.3:parabola:674:[semifree] json module has nonfree CVTUTF code; replace with pure Ruby implementation ruby-docs:ruby-docs:parabola:674:[semifree] Rebuilt as part of 'ruby' package ruby:ruby:parabola:674:[semifree] json module has nonfree CVTUTF code; replace with pure Ruby implementation
today, arch does not have a package for 'ruby2.3'; so that one is an orphan entry and should be removed
columns 3 and 4 of the blacklist entries indicate that these are all there for exactly the same reason - namely, the parabola bug report #674
https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/674
one year ago lukeshu noted in that BR that this issue was expected to be resolved soon - pointing to two different upstream BRs
from what evidence there is now, it appears that the ruby developers had solved this believe licensing issue in ruby itself
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11844
but the JSON ruby gem (that is shipped along with ruby?) may still contain one (ext/json/generator/generator.c) - it looks like all they need to do is to drop in the updated replacement file which is FSDG compliant; but it's developers seem to have ignored the request to update the generator.c
https://github.com/flori/json/issues/277
lukeshu bumped that BR on Jun 23, 2017 and again on Jul 4, 2017; but the file in question has not been modified since Apr 18, 2017 - so probably the blacklisting is still necessary - maybe lukeshu remembers more about this
Updated by freemor over 5 years ago
Well from what I saw in the link I referenced it looked like the Ruby-lang folks felt they had cleaned up the json/UTF licensing thing.
Not sure what the issue with ruby-doc would be or if it is just part of the split package.. Anyways... Probably best for Someone Familiar with the issue to have a look or chat with the ruby-lang folks.
If not we ran always pull ruby2.6 into libre-testing and get it patched and out the door.
Updated by bill-auger over 5 years ago
here freemor https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11844#note-10
that says ruby itself is not the problem - the JSON library is not an official project and an issue was opened to that upstream as suggested - that dev paid it no attention and the file (ext/json/generator/generator.c) has not been changed
Updated by freemor over 5 years ago
Thanks. Guess I missed that one while spiraling through all the related/see/moved to/re opened as/etc.
Updated by bill-auger about 5 years ago
i have removed the now obsolete 'ruby2.3'/'ruby2.3-debug' from x86_64 and arm - those and 'ruby2.3-bundler' are/were required only by gitlab and that is currently still the case only in i686 - gitlab is not built for arm and the current gitlab for x86_64 requires the ruby2.5 counterparts of these packages - again, those exist only for the sake of gitlab - ruby2.5 has been added to the the blacklist - that means 'gitlab' will not be installable or upgradable (blacklisted by proxy)
the current parabola 'ruby' package could probably be re-built as 'ruby2.5' to satisfy gitlab (or not)
we should remember to remove the remaining 'ruby2.3'/'ruby2.3-debug' package from i686, and the blacklist entry, once i686 upgrades their 'ruby'
Updated by bill-auger about 5 years ago
i still have no idea what the intermediate tarball was for - but erm ... so we dont do that anymore - i modified the PKGBUILD to patch everything in place in the normal way for now - maybe someday will will discover why those repackaged 'ruby-libre' tarballs are on the server https://repo.parabola.nu/other/ruby-libre/
x86_64 and i686 are built and working - spinning the wheel for arm now