Can't start rails server after aws-sdk-3 installed

Question

I know that there is a lot of such kind of questions, but still, I believe my case is slightly different. I recently decided to build in an AWS-S3 gem to my rails version 3 project (RUBY_VERSION - 1.9.2p320). After the successfully aws-sdk gem have been installed, I've got an error message on rails server

/root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/aws-sdk-core-3.78.0/lib/seahorse/client/net_http/patches.rb:26:in `alias_method': undefined method `new_transport_request' for class `Net::HTTP' (NameError)
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/aws-sdk-core-3.78.0/lib/seahorse/client/net_http/patches.rb:26:in `apply!'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/aws-sdk-core-3.78.0/lib/seahorse/client/net_http/connection_pool.rb:10:in `<top (required)>'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/aws-sdk-core-3.78.0/lib/seahorse.rb:34:in `require_relative'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/aws-sdk-core-3.78.0/lib/seahorse.rb:34:in `<top (required)>'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:242:in `require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:242:in `block in require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:225:in `block in load_dependency'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:597:in `new_constants_in'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:225:in `load_dependency'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:242:in `require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/aws-sdk-core-3.78.0/lib/aws-sdk-core.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:242:in `require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:242:in `block in require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:225:in `block in load_dependency'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:597:in `new_constants_in'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:225:in `load_dependency'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:242:in `require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/aws-sdk-resources-3.59.0/lib/aws-sdk-resources.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:242:in `require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:242:in `block in require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:225:in `block in load_dependency'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:597:in `new_constants_in'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:225:in `load_dependency'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.19/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:242:in `require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/aws-sdk-3.0.1/lib/aws-sdk.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:68:in `require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:68:in `block (2 levels) in require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:66:in `each'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:66:in `block in require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `each'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:55:in `require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/bundler-1.0.18/lib/bundler.rb:120:in `require'
from /jasa/api/trunk/config/application.rb:7:in `<top (required)>'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.19/lib/rails/commands.rb:28:in `require'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.19/lib/rails/commands.rb:28:in `block in <top (required)>'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.19/lib/rails/commands.rb:27:in `tap'
from /root/.rbenv/versions/1.9.2-p320/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/railties-3.0.19/lib/rails/commands.rb:27:in `<top (required)>'
from script/rails:6:in `require'
from script/rails:6:in `<main>'

I've tried both

gem 'aws-sdk', '~> 3'

and

gem 'aws-sdk-s3', '~> 1'

I've checked the referred module in github, but got hothing to catch on. What am I doing wrong? Thanks a lot. Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

I think it's clear based on referred module that you posted in your question. If you see the code new_transport_request method is defined in module Ruby_2 (line 30) and module Ruby_1_9_3 (line 83) and then if you see line 19 to 24 :

if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.0'
  Net::HTTP.send(:include, Ruby_2)
  Net::HTTP::IDEMPOTENT_METHODS_.clear
elsif RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9.3'
  Net::HTTP.send(:include, Ruby_1_9_3)
end

there is no if condition for ruby 1.9.2. In conclusion the issue is not coming from Ruby or Rails but from the gem that does not support ruby 1.9.2.

You might just need to upgrade the ruby to 1.9.3 and it should fix this issue. Furthermore ruby 1.9.2 is no longer maintained so it's good idea to upgrade to avoid security vulnerability. I hope it's help.

Thank you.

Answer 2

I'd start with an update to the latest rails, but incrementally, of course. ActiveStorage feature changes and the latest gem. No telling what went south since Rails 3