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Rails 2.0 dependency system problems

This is one of those “PC Load Letter!?!?!” bugs that had be me stumped for longer than it should have. I was using the restful_comments plugin and noticed after upgrading to Rails 2 that I could only post one comment, after which point the system would start dying with bizarre errors such as “User expected, got User”.

I was also getting messages relating to “A copy of AuthenticatedSystem has been removed from the module tree but is still active”. Both of these issues (which sound a little too PC-Load-Letterish for me to believe DHH and friends weren’t watching Office Space when they created these error messages) - are basically a result of the wacky new Rails dependency system.

Resources

I didn’t dig deep into the dependency system to understand the source of these issues, but for those brave enough to try, here are some resources and rails tickets toget you started.

• http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/5852
• http://blog.spotstory.com/2007/04/19/upgrading-to-rails-12/
• http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/6001

I also notice these bizarre errors (stack full, spected user and geted user) and, thanks to you, I proceed like you:

I just remove engines plugin, and move “restful_comments/apps” contents to root/apps. I also move assets(javascript and styles) to public folder and add to “routes.rb” the map.resource :comments line

Now thats’fine

Cristian

Hi Yan,

Thanks a lot for your tips, I had the dependency system issue and your tips just solved it, saving me good bunch of time.

Thanks a lot for sharing,
Warm regards,