I don't recommend this for a large number of reasons, including the need to 
source in a large number of japanese and tcl/tk libraries, and a huge level of 
scratch-patchiness in the srpm. The frameos spec file uses a very small number 
of patches that are clear and easy to read, and work perfectly.

On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Eric Shamow wrote:
> Also as a note, there are (unofficial, but maintained by the CentOS 
> maintainer, Karanbir Singh) packages for RHEL 5 at:
> 
> http://centos.karan.org/el5/ruby187/
> 
> I've used these in production with much success.
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Matthaus Litteken <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> Yes, 1.8.5 will work with puppet 2.7.x. Here is a quick link to a
> supported ruby versions chart
> (http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/platforms.html#ruby-versions).
> 1.8.7 is better for various reasons, but 1.8.5 will work.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Dan White <[email protected]> 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)
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