[OpenIndiana-discuss] [HEADS UP] Ruby 1.9 is obsolete

Andreas Wacknitz A.Wacknitz at gmx.de
Fri Dec 2 19:25:39 UTC 2016



Am 02.12.16 um 20:18 schrieb Tim Mooney:
> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [HEADS UP] Ruby 1.9 is 
> obsolete,...:
>
>> It worked in my limited testing.
>> Report bugs, and we'll fix them. Anyway, we currently ship only Ruby 
>> 2.2 and 2.3.
>> I'm not going to do major puppet bump now.
>
> I wouldn't expect or even want you to.  v4 is a big change.
>
> This does bring up a question I've been meaning to ask, though.
>
> When there's a language (like, ruby, perl, python, etc.) where OI 
> includes
> multiple versions, is there any "supported" method for a system
> administrator to choose which version is the default, similar to the
> alternatives(8) system on Debian-derived and RHEL-derived Linux systems?
>
> Tim
Hi Tim,

Have a look at pkg mediator and pkg set-mediator.

Regards
Andreas



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