rbot no longer launches after upgrading my 64-bit Debian bookworm v12 to trixie v13.

[antdude]

I even updated my ruby gems with "sudo gem update".

$ ./launch_here.rb
Running from /home/ant/bin/rbot
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require':
/home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb:71: Invalid retry after ensure (SyntaxError)
    retry
    ^~~~~

        from <internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb:33:in `<top (required)>'
        from <internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require'
        from <internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/bin/rbot:90:in `<top (required)>'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `load'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `<main>'

$ ls -all /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4435 Apr  9  2025 /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb

$ ls -all /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb
-rw-r--r-- 1 ant ant 6955 Apr 27  2025 /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb

:(

[henk84]

I even updated my ruby gems with "sudo gem update".

$ ./launch_here.rb
Running from /home/ant/bin/rbot
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require':
/home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb:71: Invalid retry after ensure (SyntaxError)
    retry
    ^~~~~


        from <internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb:33:in `<top (required)>'
        from <internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require'
        from <internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/bin/rbot:90:in `<top (required)>'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `load'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `<main>'


$ ls -all /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4435 Apr 9 2025 /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb

$ ls -all /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb
-rw-r--r-- 1 ant ant 6955 Apr 27 2025 /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb `

:(

Yes, we are aware of the issue. It’s a weird bug in ruby that has, sadly, made it into trixie.
It currently seems the best way to work around it is:

diff --git a/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb b/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb
index bca6a4c0..c0f53be8 100644
--- a/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb
+++ b/lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def self.all_load_paths
         result
       end
     end
-    retry
+    # retry
   end

   module GetText

Simply retrying when it failed doesn’t seem to make much sense here anyway.

I have not been confident enough about this approach to check it in but nothing better has come around.
So for now please apply this fix manually. I’ll try to get it into the main branch ASAP.

[antdude]

Newbie question: How do I use your code?

[henk84]

Newbie question: How do I use your code?

It’s not quite code. It’s a 'diff', i.e. a way to format differences between two files that a computer can understand.
This one says to remove (note the minus at the start of the line) the line containing retry and add (note the plus) a line containing # retry, in other words: comment the retry so it’s not actually executed.

I just pushed it to the master branch, though, so no need to do anything manually anymore, just git pull from master.

Please close the issue if that works for you.

[antdude]

I assume "git clone https://github.com/ruby-rbot/rbot" (into a new directory) work too as a new one. I don't know how old mine is since I haven't updated it for ages. Anyways, here is what I saw:

$ git clone https://github.com/ruby-rbot/rbot
Cloning into 'rbot'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 18859, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (294/294), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (153/153), done.
remote: Total 18859 (delta 160), reused 157 (delta 132), pack-reused 18565 (from 3)
Receiving objects: 100% (18859/18859), 7.80 MiB | 7.82 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (10006/10006), done.

$ ./launch_here.rb
Running from /home/ant/bin/rbot
W, [2025/10/28 00:48:20 #1855035]  WARN -- load-gettext.rb:139:in `rescue in <top (required)>': failed to load ruby-gettext package: cannot load such file -- gettext/version; translations are disabled
E, [2025/10/28 00:48:20 #1855035] ERROR -- httputil.rb:18:in `rescue in <top (required)>': No nokogiri library found, some features might not be available!
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require': cannot load such file -- tokyocabinet (LoadError)
        from <internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/registry/tc.rb:10:in `<top (required)>'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/registry.rb:59:in `load'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/registry.rb:59:in `initialize'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb:388:in `new'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb:388:in `initialize'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/bin/rbot:121:in `new'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbot/bin/rbot:121:in `<top (required)>'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `load'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `<main>'

Also, I am going to sleep soon.

[henk84]

I assume "git clone https://github.com/ruby-rbot/rbot" (into a new directory) work too as a new one. I don't know how old mine is since I haven't updated it for ages. Anyways, here is what I saw:

Oh, ok.
Then maybe for now just stick with your working installation.
Go to the file mentioned in the diff I posted, i.e. lib/rbot/load-gettext.rb and comment the retry in line 71, i.e. add a # as the first non-whitespace character in the line.
Or remove the line entirely.

[antdude]

Hmm, better?

$ ./launch_here.rb

Running from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN
W, [2025/10/28 00:58:21 #1902310]  WARN -- load-gettext.rb:140:in `rescue in <top (required)>': failed to load ruby-gettext package: cannot load such file -- gettext/version; translations are disabled
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require': cannot load such file -- tokyocabinet (LoadError)
        from <internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/registry/tc.rb:10:in `<top (required)>'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/registry.rb:59:in `load'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/registry.rb:59:in `initialize'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb:388:in `new'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb:388:in `initialize'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/bin/rbot:121:in `new'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/bin/rbot:121:in `<top (required)>'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `load'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `<main>'

Hmm!

[henk84]

Hmm, better?

$ ./launch_here.rb

Running from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN
W, [2025/10/28 00:58:21 #1902310]  WARN -- load-gettext.rb:140:in `rescue in <top (required)>': failed to load ruby-gettext package: cannot load such file -- gettext/version; translations are disabled
<internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require': cannot load such file -- tokyocabinet (LoadError)
        from <internal:/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb>:136:in `require'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/registry/tc.rb:10:in `<top (required)>'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/registry.rb:59:in `load'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/registry.rb:59:in `initialize'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb:388:in `new'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/lib/rbot/ircbot.rb:388:in `initialize'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/bin/rbot:121:in `new'
        from /home/ant/bin/rbotBROKEN/bin/rbot:121:in `<top (required)>'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `load'
        from ./launch_here.rb:68:in `<main>'

Hmm!

well, it looks a little better, yes.
Not sure why the tokyocobinet message is popping up now and not before, though.
But the bot is running, correct? If so, it looks "good enough" for now.

Generally, you should try to run the latest release version or, currently probably the better choice, latest master from git. As we don’t have the resources to really support older versions very well. We don’t even seem to have the resources to support any version "very well", just barely good enough, maybe (;

[antdude]

No rbot in IRC. :( Wait. Is master one the one I cloned? I have never used git pull before. Only git clone.

I am going to sleep. We'll try again later.