[AVRO-787] Ruby 1.9 compatibility to 'require' and run tests

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.1
• Component/s: ruby
• Labels: ruby

Environment

Mac OSX, Rubies installed with RVM

• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Tags: ruby1.9
• Assignee: Michael L. Artz
• Reporter: Michael L. Artz
• Created: 22/Mar/11 20:59
• Updated: 06/May/11 19:14
• Resolved: 30/Mar/11 23:11

Description

The avro gem does not 'require' on Ruby 1.9, complaining about a missing 'md5'. It also uses a bunch of Ruby 1.8 string-isms, like assuming that Strings enumerate to bytes, which is not necessarily true in 1.9.