Ruby Issue Tracking System

02/24/2023

03:42 AM Ruby Bug #19461: Time.local performance tanks in forked process (on macOS only?)

In Dec 2016, someone investigated a related question and posted here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41353532/41371753#41371753
This person's findings may be helpful. PvpDJgHP (William Thomas NELSON)

02/24/2017

01:47 AM Ruby Bug #13247: ruby won't build on macOS 10.6 SDK — mach_task_basic_info_data_t not available

This issue was fixed in [r57180](https://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?revision=57180&view=revision). Please close. PvpDJgHP (William Thomas NELSON)

02/23/2017

07:21 PM Ruby Bug #13247 (Closed): ruby won't build on macOS 10.6 SDK — mach_task_basic_info_data_t not available

[mach_task_basic_info_data_t](https://developer.apple.com/reference/kernel/mach_task_basic_info_data_t) is available in macOS 10.8+ SDK only. As a result, ruby will not compile with macOS 10.7 SDK or older.
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compiling memory_statu... PvpDJgHP (William Thomas NELSON)

10/14/2015

02:59 AM Ruby Bug #11591 (Closed): ruby won't build on OS X 10.5 — libunwind.h not available

The libunwind headers were added in OS X 10.6 (darwin10). As a result, ruby will not compile with OS X 10.5 SDK.
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vm_dump.c:441:12: fatal error: 'libunwind.h' file not found
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04/14/2015

08:36 PM Ruby Bug #11069 (Closed): Backport r50218

Please backport r50218 to 2.2. PvpDJgHP (William Thomas NELSON)

04/10/2015

04:13 AM Ruby Bug #11054 (Closed): ruby won't build on OS X 10.5 — fgetattrlist() not available

[Revision 49303](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/backport22/repository/revisions/49303/diff/dir.c) added a use of the fgetattrlist() function from OS X.
The function fgetattrlist() was added in OS X 10.6 (darwin10). As a result, r... PvpDJgHP (William Thomas NELSON)

07/18/2014

11:35 PM Ruby Bug #10053: OpenSSL: incorrect return value check of EGD functions

The Entropy Gathering Daemon was last updated twelve years ago.
Ruby should deprecate the use of egd functions and provide configuration options to use LibreSSL in place of OpenSSL, just like how the Editline Library can be used in pl... PvpDJgHP (William Thomas NELSON)

02/12/2014

10:32 PM Ruby Bug #9492: ruby won't build on Mac OS X versions before 10.6 - pthread_setname_np() not available

I am also experiencing this issue.
There are still many Apple Xserve running OS X 10.5.8 (darwin 9.8) in production. PvpDJgHP (William Thomas NELSON)