Recommended update for ruby-common

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ruby-common
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:1986-2
Rating: moderate
References: #934328 #953771
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for ruby-common provides several fixes and enhancements:

    - Help the solver to pick the right gem2rpm for the default Ruby version.
    (bsc#934328)
    - Fix premature return from from gem install.
    - Fail early if gem install fails, avoiding confusing error messages at
    the end of the build.
    - Implement cleaner solution for the extensions doc dir.
    - Do not overwrite options.otheropts.
    - Fixed forwarding of options to gem install.
    - Call ruby with -x from shell wrappers otherwise it might run into an
    endless loop.
    - Add shell-launcher to avoid dependency on a fixed Ruby version.
    - Ignore any files found in */.gem/*. In some versions of rubygems, gems
    that are installed are also copied to ~/.gem/.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-157=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-157=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • ruby-common-2.1-16.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • ruby-common-2.1-16.1

    References: