Issue #6127 has been updated by Yui NARUSE. This is fixed on trunk with commits 33711,33713,33714,33715,33716,33717,33718,33719,33720,33721,33724,33727,33728,33752,33753. But can't apply as is. Anyone can apply it? ---------------------------------------- Backport #6127: IO#ioctl range error in 1.9.3 https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6127 Author: Donovan Lampa Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Yui NARUSE Category: Target version: In 32-bit implementations of 1.9.3 passing an (apparently) unsigned value (BIOCIMMEDIATE = 0x80044270) to ioctl throws range error: ruby-1.9.3-p125 :001 > a,b = IO.pipe => [#<IO:fd 5>, #<IO:fd 6>] ruby-1.9.3-p125 :002 > a.ioctl(0x80044270, "\x01") RangeError: bignum too big to convert into `long' from (irb):2:in `ioctl' from (irb):2 from /Users/dlampa/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/bin/irb:16:in `<main>' ruby-1.9.3-p125 :001 > 0x80044270.class => Bignum When in 32-bit 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 it does not: ruby-1.9.1-p243 :001 > a,b = IO.pipe => [#<IO:0x202fefc>, #<IO:0x202fec4>] ruby-1.9.1-p243 :002 > a.ioctl(0x80044270, "\x01") Errno::ENOTTY: Inappropriate ioctl for device from (irb):2:in `ioctl' from (irb):2 from /Users/dlampa/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.1-p243/bin/irb:16:in `<main>' ruby-1.9.1-p243 :001 > 0x80044270.class => Bignum OS is [x86_64-darwin10.8.0] however ruby was compiled as 32-bit through rvm using: rvm_archflags="-arch i386" CFLAGS="-arch i386" LDFLAGS="-arch i386" rvm install [ruby-version] --patch osx-arch-fix The patch is installed in ~/.rvm/patches/ruby/1.9.3/ and is as follows: --- a/Makefile.in 2010-11-11 15:54:26.000000000 -0600 +++ b/Makefile.in 2010-11-11 15:55:24.000000000 -0600 @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ XLDFLAGS = @XLDFLAGS@ $(EXTLDFLAGS) EXTLIBS = LIBS = @LIBS@ $(EXTLIBS) MISSING = @LIBOBJS@ @ALLOCA@ -LDSHARED = @LIBRUBY_LDSHARED@ +LDSHARED = @LIBRUBY_LDSHARED@ $(LDFLAGS) DLDFLAGS = @LIBRUBY_DLDFLAGS@ $(EXTLDFLAGS) @ARCH_FLAG@ SOLIBS = @SOLIBS@ MAINLIBS = @MAINLIBS@ this issue appears to be related (http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5429), but I don't speak Japanese. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/