Ubuntu 20.04 ships with old version of ruby-unicode-display-width, which includes the deprecated package Gem.gunzip and produces an error upon every invocation
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ruby-unicode-display-width (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ubuntu 20.04 ships with a very old version of ruby-unicode-
As a result, some ruby utilities print an error such as this:
```
stefanl@foreman:~ $ hammer --help
NOTE: Gem.gunzip is deprecated; use Gem::Util.gunzip instead. It will be removed on or after 2018-12-01.
Gem.gunzip called from /usr/lib/
```
The library was fixed in version 1.3.3 which was released in 2018 according to https:/
> 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
```
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
Release: 20.04
```
> 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center
```
# apt-cache policy ruby-unicode-
ruby-unicode-
Installed: 1.1.3-1
Candidate: 1.1.3-1
Version table:
*** 1.1.3-1 500
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
root@bigbird:~#
```
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ruby-unicode-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-148-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
Date: Tue May 9 14:23:31 2023
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
TERM=screen-
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ruby-unicode-
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2023-05-03 (5 days ago)
summary: |
- NOTE: Gem.gunzip is deprecated; use Gem::Util.gunzip instead. It will be - removed on or after 2018-12-01 + Ubuntu 20.04 ships with old version of ruby-unicode-display-width, which + includes the deprecated package Gem.gunzip and produces an error upon + every invocation |
description: | updated |