Upgrading to ruby-debug 0.9Edit

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Much like last time but with a twist:

sudo gem install ruby-debug

Output:

Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
Select which gem to install for your platform (i686-darwin8.8.1)
 1. ruby-debug 0.8.1 (ruby)
 2. ruby-debug 0.8 (ruby)
 3. ruby-debug 0.7.5 (mswin32)
 4. ruby-debug 0.7.5 (ruby)
 5. Skip this gem
 6. Cancel installation
> 6
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteInstallationCancelled)
    Installation of ruby-debug cancelled.

Note that it tried to install the old version again. So I explicitly specified the desired version:

sudo gem install ruby-debug -v 0.9

Output:

Need to update 3 gems from http://gems.rubyforge.org
...
complete
Install required dependency ruby-debug-base? [Yn]  Y
Select which gem to install for your platform (i686-darwin8.8.1)
 1. ruby-debug-base 0.9 (ruby)
 2. ruby-debug-base 0.9 (mswin32)
 3. Skip this gem
 4. Cancel installation
> 1
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
Successfully installed ruby-debug-0.9
Successfully installed ruby-debug-base-0.9
Installing ri documentation for ruby-debug-0.9...
Installing ri documentation for ruby-debug-base-0.9...
Installing RDoc documentation for ruby-debug-0.9...
Installing RDoc documentation for ruby-debug-base-0.9...

Then update the FastRI index:

fastri-server -b

Changelog for 0.9

  • Kernel#debugger method will start the debugger if it’s not running.
  • Added Context#stop_reason method.
  • Calling a method with a block will create a new frame. This changes the behavior of 'next' command. So in order to step into a block, 'step' command must be used. That fixes bug #9629.
  • Added the possibility to add a temporary context-specific breakpoint. Context#breakpoint and Context#set_breakpoint methods are added.
  • 'cont' command now accepts a numerical parameter which implements 'Continue until line' behavior.
  • Added new Context.frame_class method
  • Added new 'framefullpath' setting.
  • Added new 'frameclassname' setting.
  • All Ruby’s 'eval' and require/load methods create a new frame. Fixes bug #9686.

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