You can quite easily compile 1.8.7 for rhel5, then use the SRPMs from Stealthmonkeys and get a working system. I've done it several times and for several different sites.
Google "puppet ruby 1.8.7 el5 dashboard" and you'll find my post about how to do it. One change: when you grab the spec file from the frameos site, edit it to the latest ruby release version. No other changes required, just the patchlevel in the spec file. On Jun 26, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Dan White wrote: > I am stuck on RHEL 5 for the moment, and I am trying to set up a Puppet 2.7.x > Master. > From this post ( > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg27199.html ), > I got the impression that I needed ruby 1.8.7. I tried to install passenger > using the stealthymonkeys.com repo and it complained that it wants ruby 1.8.5 > exactly (Processing Dependency: ruby = 1.8.5 for package: > rubygem-passenger-native-libs). > > Looking back at the referenced mailing list item, it says that ruby 1.8.7 is > needed for Dashboard and Foreman. > I am not using either of those. Just plain old puppet with a dash of hiera. > > The Question: Is ruby 1.8.5 OK to use with puppet 2.7.x ? > > Thanks. > > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in > the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : net philanthropy to improve open source and internet projects. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
