Notes:
== Ruby 1.8.6 p110 with rubygem 0.9.4 released on Solaris nv96 ==
The Ruby 1.8.6 p110 for Solaris made some specification for Solaris, also adds new features and fixed some bugs.
Specificaion:
* Ruby 1.8.6 p110 is installed in /usr/ruby/1.8 by adding package SUNWruby18u
* Gems repository is installed in /var/ruby/1.8/gem_home by adding package SUNWruby18r
* Add soft links for ruby executable programs in /usr/ruby/1.8/bin in /usr/bin. For example: /usr/bin/ruby18 is a soft link of /usr/ruby/1.8/bin/ruby, and /usr/bin/ruby is a soft link of /usr/bin/ruby18 if 1.8 is the latest version on the system.
New features:
* Add dtrace support for ruby 1.8.6 p110 on Solaris x86, which includes following probes:
> function__entry
> function__return
> raise
> rescue
> line
> gc__begin
> gc__end
> object__create__start
> object__create__done
> object__free
> ruby__probe
The support for sparc will come soon.
* The ruby 1.8.6 p110 for Solaris x86 and sparc are optimized by sun studio building options.
* Ext readline 5.2 is built in ruby 1.8.6 p110
* Add man page for gem
Bugs Fixed:
* The ruby 1.8.6 p110 for Solaris sparc is optimized by removing unnecessary win
dows flushing.
* Fix the rdoc files generated unpredictably problem
== How to install ruby 1.8.6 p110 on Solaris nv and Open Solaris ==
1) Make sure if ruby 1.8.6 p110 for Solaris is ready on your machine
# pkginfo | grep ruby
2) If you don't find any output, download SUNWruby18-p110-snv96-sparc.pkg.bz2 or SUNWruby18-p110-snv96-x86.pkg.bz2 according to your machine.
# bunzip2 SUNWruby18-p110-snv96-*.pkg.bz2
3) Add package
# bunzip2 SUNWruby18-p110-snv96-*.pkg.bz2
# pkgadd -d SUNWruby18-p110-snv96-*.pkg
Choose the default option all for install both SUNWruby18r and SUNWruby18u packages
== How to build source code of ruby 1.8.6 p110 on Solaris nv and Open Solaris ==
If you want to build ruby 1.8.6 p110 instead of add package direcrtly, you can download ruby1.8.6-p110-snv-src.tar.bz2, and following the steps.
# bunzip2 -dc ruby1.8.6-p110-snv-src.tar.bz2 | gtar xpf - --no-same-owner
1) Make sure your are in directory ruby1.8.6-p110-snv-src for all the following steps.
# cd ruby1.8.6-p110-snv-src
2) The shell script makeruby.sh can help to build Ruby 1.8.6 p110 and RubyGem 0.9.4, you can run following command for help.
# makeruby.sh -h
There are two options for building:
--ruby-prefix=DIR :
The default target ruby prefix dir is /usr/ruby/1.8, while the gem repository is /var/ruby/1.8/gem_home
And you can specify your own target dir by "--ruby-prefix=/You/Own/Dir", but it must be an absolute path, as relative path is not acceptable for ruby prefi
x.
For example:
# makeruby.sh --ruby-prefix=/export/home/ruby/build
--sunstudio :
gcc is the default building environment, as sunstudio is not installed by default on solaris nv. gcc located in /usr/sfw/bin by default, make sure the /usr/
sfw/bin is set in the environment of PATH
But you can also use sunstudio as your building environment by "--sunstudio", if it's ready on your machine.
For example:
# makeruby.sh --sunstudio
3) Make clean by:
# makeruby.sh clean
== Thanks ==
Thanks for trying ruby 1.8.6 p110 on Solaris nv or Open Solaris, we'll keep on updating the latest stable ruby version on Solaris nv.
-- Chris (Sun ISVe-OSS team)
Changes:
---- Oct.9.2008 ----
ruby1.8.6-p110-snv-src.tar.bz2 is updated for a bug in Makefile.in of ruby 1.8.6 source code, patch ruby_Makefile_in.patch and ruby-dtrace-1.8.6.patch is updated for it.
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