Subject: Re: [bug#34217] [PATCH 07/11] gnu: Add ruby-backports.

From: Christopher Baines <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 19:10:25 +0000

swedebugia <[email-masked]> writes:

> swedebugia <[email-masked]> skrev: (31 januari 2019 09:53:17 CET)
>>On 2019-01-27 12:49, Christopher Baines wrote:
>>> * gnu/packages/ruby.scm (ruby-backports): New variable.
>>> ---
>>>   gnu/packages/ruby.scm | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
>>> index 5a9a9a7c6d..115e132b95 100644
>>> --- a/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
>>> +++ b/gnu/packages/ruby.scm
>>> @@ -1350,6 +1350,31 @@ User Agents.")
>>>       (home-page "https://github.com/gshutler/useragent")
>>>       (license license:expat)))
>>>   
>>> +(define-public ruby-backports
>>> +  (package
>>> +  (name "ruby-backports")
>>> +  (version "3.11.4")
>>> +  (source
>>> +    (origin
>>> +      (method url-fetch)
>>> +      (uri (rubygems-uri "backports" version))
>>> +      (sha256
>>> +        (base32
>>> +          "1hshjxww2h7s0dk57njrygq4zpp0nlqrjfya7zwm27iq3rhc3y8g"))))
>>> +  (build-system ruby-build-system)
>>> +  (arguments
>>> +   '(;; TODO: This should be default, but there is one test failure
>>> +     #:test-target "all_spec"))
>>
>>The failure is reported upstream, see 
>>https://github.com/marcandre/backports/issues/127
>>
>>-- 
>>Cheers
>>Swedebugia
>
> From upstream:
> Sorry the failure is quite obscure.
>
> Backports wants to make sure it is defining the right methods only when necessary. The test is failing because the methodalias_method_chainappears to have been added to all modules (Array,Binding, ...). Maybe the oldbackports/rails/module/alias_method_chainis somehow loaded, but I don't see how or why...

Thanks for taking a look, I'll keep an eye on that upstream issue.

Chris