/usr/bin/alexandria:3: warning: variable $KCODE is no longer effective; ignored
<internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require': /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/alexandria/about.rb:54: invalid multibyte
char (US-ASCII) (SyntaxError)
/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/alexandria/about.rb:54: invalid multibyte char (US-ASCII)
/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/alexandria/about.rb:54: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ']'
                 'Adrián Chaves Fernández <adriyeti...
                        ^
	from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
	from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/alexandria.rb:21:in `<top (required)>'
	from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
	from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
	from /usr/bin/alexandria:11:in `<main>'

thats the error message i get afet building the package i am on:
uname -a
Linux Or1oN 2.6.35-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 27 17:14:28 CEST 2010 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor
4200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

is it a problem with my system , a dependancy or an act of god and angry hamsters .

Date: 2010-10-11 17:16
Sender: Robert Kieffer

This (I believe) can be fixed by applying this patch to
about.rb:

0a1
> # coding: utf-8

Date: 2010-09-11 18:34
Sender: Cathal Mc Ginley

Alexandria is not supported on Ruby 1.9, sorry. Try to install
some Ruby 1.8 on your system and try again.