Grab the SRPMs from StealthMonkey and you can build and install these without 
any changes. Point, shoot, go. No edits necessary.

On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Dan White wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer, Eric, but I was able to build my own ruby 1.8.7 from 
> the rbel.frameos.org source RPM
> 
> The problem is that it won't play nice with the other pieces I want to use.
> Maybe I could build passenger from source as well, but I'd rather work from 
> binary RPM's as much as possible.
> 
> If puppet won't break when I back down to ruby 1.8.5, that is my main concern.
> 
> “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)
> 
> ----- Eric Shamow <[email protected]> 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)
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>> --
>>> Matthaus Litteken
>>> Release Manager, Puppet Labs
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