It's been a while (mainly because I've been blessed with work in Java instead of Ruby), but I've got a new issue today. My boss instructed me to upgrade our Rails application to use the new version of Soap4R. Doing a little Google search led to this site which shows how to install the new version.
From the site:
Note that the 1.5.7 gem install didn't properly supercede the built-in
library in Windows. You had to download and extract the .zip file and
run 'ruby install.rb'. Version 1.5.8 has reportedly fixed this issue.
No - it hasn't. And not even on Windows. I installed the latest gem as described in the site, but no luck. Ruby and Rails still load the original old pile of crap Soap4R.
Upon asking my superior for advise, he suggested using the Rails extension on Kernel "require_library_or_gem" - except that this instruction cannot even locate the Soap4R gem (even though I can confirm it's installed using "gem list").
So here we sit again - Ruby's "magic" has fallen flat on it's face, with not even a murky indication of where to go from here. I always end up doing so much stumbling around in the dark with Ruby, I just cannot fathom how it's gained such a fanbase.