Have Rails 2.3.x ignore the i18n gem

Question

I have a Rails 2.3.5 project that uses the localization features of Rails. I also happen to have Rails 3 beta installed (which depends on the i18n gem). Rails 2.3.5 will happily

Answer 1

You could use Bundler or RVM's Gemsets to make the i18n gem unavailable from within your app. Or you could upgrade your Rails app.

Answer 2

Or just edit: /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/active_support/vendor.rb

And turn gem 'i18n', '>= 0.1.3'

Into gem 'i18n', '0.1.3'

Answer 3

1. Freeze the rails version: rake VERSION=2.3.5 rails:freeze:gems
2. Fix the version in the file vendor/rails/activesupport/lib/active_support/vendor.rb line 24 to: gem 'i18n', '>= 0.1.3', '< 0.4.0'

Answer 4

I followed instructions as defined here:

http://gembundler.com/rails23.html

and it worked.