On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:13:42 -0400 Steve Wills articulated: > On 08/25/11 06:43, Jerry wrote: > > I probably missed it, but according to the "20110823:" entry in > > UPDATING, the ruby port was downgraded to 1.8. My first question is > > why? > > Only which version is installed by default is changed back. There are > ports for both 1.8 and 1.9. > > > Second, when checking on which version I have installed, this is > > the output: > > > > ruby --version > > ruby 1.9.2p290 (2011-07-09 revision 32553) [amd64-freebsd8] > > > > I therefore assume that I only have version 1.9 installed. Is that > > correct? > > Not necessarily, you may have ruby 1.8 installed also. > > > Third, is there really any reason to go though all that bullshit to > > downgrade to the previous version? I have not seen any problems > > occurring on my system. > > > > That's fine, you can keep that, just add RUBY_DEFAULT_VER=1.9 to > /etc/make.conf. The more people we have testing 1.9 the better!
That did not actually answer my question(s). Exactly why is the port being reverted to 1.8 as the default; and how can I positively ascertain if I both versions installed? -- Jerry ✌ jerry+po...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"