[redland-dev] redland ruby bindings require changes for Ubuntu Feisty

[Dave Beckett]

Benjamin Heitmann wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> After installing librdf-ruby on Ubuntu Feisty, "cyclic dependency
> errors" are raised, when trying to use redland from ruby.
> 
> In order to use redland I had to change these lines of the installed
> ruby bindings:
> 
> put a comment sign (#) in front of
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rdf/redland.rb line 25
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rdf/redland/resource.rb line 5
> 
> ruby version 1.8.5 (as shipped with feisty) was used.
> 
> I do not know if there was a change in ruby dependency loading, but
> without these changes using the bindings was not possible.

I don't use Ubuntu but
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/interpreters/librdf-ruby
shows it ships an ancient package: 1.0.4.1 (Nov 2006).

This might be fixed in the two subsequent major releases
which have been packaged for Debian for some time.

Dave