Excerpts (reformatted) from Roeland Moors's mail of 23 Aug 2004 (EDT):
> I also have the problem with these files:
> PROC_FILE = "/proc/acpi/fan/CFAN/state"         # freezes
> PROC_FILE = "/proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ACAD/state"  # doesn't freezes
> 
> My system:
>  - Linux laptop 2.6.6 #1 Wed Jul 7 20:20:50 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
>  - ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-29) [i386-linux]
>  - Asus L3C
>  - Debian testing

The issue persists with Ruby 1.8.2 preview 2 on my i686 machine with
kernel 2.6.8.1, so I suggest this is a real-life bug.

Is there a better way of reporting it than just announcing it here?

-- 
William <wmorgan-ruby-talk / masanjin.net>