Installing ruby 1.9.2p0 and Rails 3.0.3 and getting it to work with MySQL on Windows

Installing ruby 1.9.2 on Windows took several false starts before I got on the right track.

My development machine is a dual-boot Windows and Linux monster with pre-existing versions of Ruby, Rubygems, Rails, and MySQL. On the Windows side, I have a working version using ruby 1.86, rubygems 1.3.5, rails 2.3.8, and MySQL 5.1. The oldest […]

Rails 2.3.8 - Segmentation Fault

I just upgraded to Rails 2.3.8 on my development machine. I created a standard Rails app, started up WEBrick, and got a Segmentation fault. Not enough code to be my error, so I searched for the core problem and possible solutions.

Turns out the issue is known, and a solution exists. First, I updated to the […]

SquirrelMail – change_sqlpass plugin

Found a bug in the squirrelmail change_sqlpass plugin. Made the ugly fix; gonna dive in and write a patch later.

The bug occurs in functions.php

There is a mismatch between:
function get_password_salt, where the program reasonably returns the value of the password salt when $csp_salt_static is empty and $csp_salt_query is not empty.

and:
function get_password_encrypt_string, in the switch statement,
it uses […]

Rubyat.com

Just finishing setting up four web sites, including rubyat.com.