patch 9.0.0546: supporting Ruby 1.8 makes code complicated
Problem: Supporting Ruby 1.8 makes code complicated.
Solution: Drop Ruby 1.8 support, it is ancient. (Ken Takata, closes #11195)
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index b688032..f9d6e42 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@
AC_PATH_PROG(vi_cv_path_ruby, $RUBY_CMD)
if test "X$vi_cv_path_ruby" != "X"; then
AC_MSG_CHECKING(Ruby version)
- if $vi_cv_path_ruby -e '(VERSION rescue RUBY_VERSION) >= "1.6.0" or exit 1' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+ if $vi_cv_path_ruby -e 'RUBY_VERSION >= "1.9.1" or exit 1' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
AC_MSG_RESULT(OK)
AC_MSG_CHECKING(Ruby rbconfig)
ruby_rbconfig="RbConfig"
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@
fi
rubyversion=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -r rbconfig -e "print $ruby_rbconfig::CONFIG[['ruby_version']].gsub(/\./, '')[[0,2]]"`
if test "X$rubyversion" = "X"; then
- rubyversion=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -e "print ((VERSION rescue RUBY_VERSION)).gsub(/\./, '')[[0,2]]"`
+ rubyversion=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -e "print RUBY_VERSION.gsub(/\./, '')[[0,2]]"`
fi
RUBY_CFLAGS="$RUBY_CFLAGS -DRUBY_VERSION=$rubyversion"
rubylibs=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -r rbconfig -e "print $ruby_rbconfig::CONFIG[['LIBS']]"`
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@
AC_MSG_RESULT(not found; disabling Ruby)
fi
else
- AC_MSG_RESULT(too old; need Ruby version 1.6.0 or later)
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(too old; need Ruby version 1.9.1 or later)
fi
fi