Building Ruby 2.x on OS X Mavericks Suddenly Fails

[nikolay]

Last 10 log lines:
compiling ossl_x509ext.c
1 warning generated.
compiling ossl_x509name.c
compiling ossl_x509req.c
compiling ossl_x509revoked.c
compiling ossl_x509store.c
installing default openssl libraries
linking shared-object openssl.bundle
ld: warning: directory not found for option '-L/usr/local/var/rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p451/lib'
make: *** [build-ext] Error 2

[nikolay]

2.1.1 doesn't build either:

Last 10 log lines:
1 warning generated.
compiling ossl_x509ext.c
compiling ossl_x509name.c
compiling ossl_x509req.c
compiling ossl_x509revoked.c
compiling ossl_x509store.c
installing default openssl libraries
linking shared-object openssl.bundle
linking shared-object ripper.bundle
make: *** [build-ext] Error 2

[shanesveller]

I'm seeing this also. 1.9.3-p484 compiles fine. I ran several homebrew updates this morning, and I have rbenv and ruby-build themselves installed via homebrew as well, so I'm looking suspiciously towards what I updated. Here are some of the relevant logs/output:

• 2.1.1 install log
• 2.0.0 install log
• List of installed brews
• Current SHA of /usr/local
• brew info for openssl

brew doctor shows no warnings. I'm on OSX 10.9.2 with Xcode 5.1.1 on a "Late 2013" 15-inch MBP. Please let me know if I can provide any more information that would assist.

Of mild interest is that rvm 1.25.22 can build the same two Ruby versions successfully. I don't want to use rvm and do not plan to do so, but it does suggest that it may be something specific to how ruby-build does its dependencies and compilation compared to rvm's method.

[mislav]

Really bizarre failures. Does a successful xcode-select --install change anything?

[nikolay]

@mislav It does not for me.

[willrax]

I was having the same issue. For what it's worth installing manually from source worked fine for me.

./configure --prefix=/Users/willrax/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/ --with-openssl-dir=/usr/local/opt/openssl

[shanesveller]

@mislav xcode-select also does not change anything for me.

[keith]

I'm seeing this exact error as well with p451 and p353. I reinstalled the command line tools just to make sure but it's still giving me this error.

[mislav]

Can't reproduce on Mavericks with latest Command Line tools, ruby-build and openssl from Homebrew 😿

[keith]

I also got the same error @nikolay got for 2.1.1 on 2.0.0-p247

[nikolay]

2.0.0-p353 doesn't work either. I have the latest Command Line Tools from Xcode 5.1.1 (5B008) and latest Homebrew OpenSSL 1.0.1g (linked or not - it doesn't matter).

[keith]

Found some other info with similar looking errors here and here but their configuration didn't work for me either.

[nikolay]

@Keithbsmiley I tried those yesterday, too, but with no luck similarly to you.

[Trevoke]

Running into the exact same issue here, too. A friend and I are in the same predicament. I installed 2.1.1 and 2.1.0 a few weeks ago and it worked fine, but not today.

[nikolay]

@Trevoke Everything was working on Sunday. Something broke yesterday.

[Trevoke]

It looks like the problem is readline 6.3. Looking further into it now.

[keith]

I tried to install the version of readline from homebrew 2 days ago but the source 404'd.

[thomasjo]

Homebrew's readline got upgraded two days ago:
Homebrew/legacy-homebrew@1294240

[Trevoke]

I'm checking out this issue: #526

I am looking for a readline patch for 2.1.1 which I can apply.

[keith]

Here's a raw URL from before the 6.3.3 upgrade. (version 6.2.4) https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew/0181c8a1633353affefabe257c170edbd6d7c008/Library/Formula/readline.rb

[shanesveller]

Downgrading readline to the version @Keithbsmiley linked with a straightforward brew uninstall readline && brew install $RAW_URL did the trick for me for both 2.0.0-p451 and 2.1.1. Huzzah!

[keith]

Oh readline... Hopefully someone can find and submit a patch to fix this issue with Homebrew?

[mislav]

Nice find, @Trevoke. Homebrew's readline is automatically slurped in per 94c15a5, and Ruby doesn't seem to play well with readline 6.3

[keith]

@mislav does that make this plugin unnecessary? (it looks like it does)

[Trevoke]

@Keithbsmiley the first line of the README, "This plugin's behavior has been made standard in ruby-build, rendering it obsolete." makes me think that it is indeed the case :)

[Trevoke]

So now the question is .. Where can we find a patch for Ruby 2.x that plays nice with readline 6.3 ? I don't understand readline well enough to do it :/

[keith]

Haha ouch my bad, I just snagged the link from the clone in my dotfiles, haven't looked at the page in ages.

[salex]

I'm trying to set up a debian box as a rails server, coming from osx, its been a little challenge. I am also running into a readline problem, this was after an openssl problem. getting error:

    compiling readline.c
    readline.c: In function ‘Init_readline’:
    readline.c:1977:26: error: ‘Function’ undeclared (first use in this function)
         rl_pre_input_hook = (Function *)readline_pre_input_hook;
                              ^
    readline.c:1977:26: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
    readline.c:1977:36: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
         rl_pre_input_hook = (Function *)readline_pre_input_hook;
                                        ^
    readline.c: At top level:
    readline.c:634:1: warning: ‘readline_pre_input_hook’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
     readline_pre_input_hook(void)
     ^
    make[2]: *** [readline.o] Error 1

There is a revision for 2.1.1 (also had error trying 2.1.0) https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby-trunk/repository/revisions/45488.

I modified the file in the /tmp directory and got it to compile, but have no idea how to make install to my .rbenv directory

[nikolay]

For now, the solution is:

brew uninstall readline
brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew/0181c8a1633353affefabe257c170edbd6d7c008/Library/Formula/readline.rb
brew pin readline

[Trevoke]

Note! @mislav wrote a patch for 2.1.1 which works, you can find it here:
#526 (comment)

curl -fsSL https://gist.github.com/mislav/a18b9d7f0dc5b9efc162.txt | rbenv install --patch 2.1.1

[lukehorvat]

Thanks @FeipingHunag, switching from readline 6.3.3 to 6.2.4 (using Homebrew) worked for me. (rbenv 0.4.0)

[kylemclaren]

The readline fix worked for me...

[CalderWishne]

Same issue as @mortik. Tried janson's unlink && link trick here
Homebrew/legacy-homebrew#23424

[CalderWishne]

...but no dice

[jcapron]

Nice find @Trevoke! 👍

I had the same issue, switching from readline 6.3 to 6.2 using this raw URL fixed it

$ brew uninstall readline && brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew/0181c8a1633353affefabe257c170edbd6d7c008/Library/Formula/readline.rb

[lsmolic]

+9001, readline fix works for me

[windvalleyman]

readline fix works for me too!

[nicholsn]

+1 for the readline fix

[eitch]

I have the same problem. On a fresh OSX installation, i can't install ruby 2.0.0-p451 because readline gives problems. Using the 2.2.x version worked at some point, but now that too fails.

[emilford]

I'm in the same boat as @eitch. The readline fix does not work for me and my ruby 2.x are failing.

[emilford]

Nevermind. I checked brew list readline and there were still references to 6.3.3. I tried brew uninstall readline again and brew list readline references 6.2.4. With that, the ruby build was successful. Thanks.

[eitch]

The weird thing now is, that if i have readline 6.2.4 installed and
then run rbenv, i get the following error:

    dyld: Symbol not found: _rl_executing_keyseq
      Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/bash
      Expected in: /usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.6.dylib
     in /usr/local/bin/bash
    Trace/BPT trap: 5

But if i then again install readline 6.3.3 i don't have the problem,
but rbenv install 2.0.0-p451 fails:

    compiling readline.c
    linking shared-object bigdecimal.bundle
    compiling ripper.c
    readline.c:254:28: warning: '&&' within '||' [-Wlogical-op-parentheses]
                        else if (!('0' <= *s && *s <= '9' || *s == ';')) {
                                   ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
    readline.c:254:28: note: place parentheses around the '&&' expression to silence this warning
                        else if (!('0' <= *s && *s <= '9' || *s == ';')) {
                                             ^
                                   (                     )
    readline.c:1886:26: error: use of undeclared identifier 'Function'
        rl_pre_input_hook = (Function *)readline_pre_input_hook;
                             ^
    readline.c:1886:36: error: expected expression
        rl_pre_input_hook = (Function *)readline_pre_input_hook;
                                       ^
    1 warning and 2 errors generated.
    make[2]: *** [readline.o] Error 1
    make[1]: *** [ext/readline/all] Error 2

Any ideas?

[tbuckl]

same problem as @eitch here

[ingemar]

Downgrading to readline 6.2.4 worked for me.

[baroldgene]

Just a note that the pinning was key. I did brew uninstall readline which then showed my readline version to be 6.2.4. However after a few minutes I did another brew list readline and the version was again 6.3.3. I had to do brew uninstall readline followed by brew pin readline to get it to stay and thus the ruby 2.1 install to work.

[hsbt]

Please update latest version of ruby-build, and build latest version of Ruby.

[jonathangwilliams]

I fixed this problem by deleting non-system ruby files, changing my command line tools to 5.0 in Xcode > Preferences > Locations and then running Bundle Install again. Command line tools can be changed back to 5.1.1 after installation succeeds.

[ABorovenskyi]

I had this issue and fixed it by reinstalling openssl library

[drlube]

This worked:

brew uninstall readline && brew install readline 

It replaced my readline version 3.3.3 with version 3.3.6 and allowed me to use rbenv to install 2.0.0 p147.

[aguspagnoni]

thanks @nikolay the readline fixed it!

[jaredhabeck]

I just feel bad you ruby-build guys have to be plagued by comments like this (even though they are amazingly helpful) when it's an upstream ruby/openssl/readline issue! Thanks for all you do.