From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 23:10:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 889CE16A473 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from host222.ipowerweb.com (host222.ipowerweb.com [66.235.210.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6B28C13C46A for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 15248 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2007 23:07:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO demeter.hydra) (24.9.123.251) by host222.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 12 Jun 2007 23:07:16 -0000 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l5CNArrC018623 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:10:53 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l5CNAqR1018622 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:10:52 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:10:52 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20070612231052.GB18576@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: ri doesn't seem to work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:10:54 -0000 No matter what I try to look up with ri (the Ruby information utility that is used to look up stuff about classes, methods, et cetera, from the command line), it returns the same result: > ri Time.strftime Nothing known about Time.strftime I don't see anything in /usr/ports/lang that seems to relate to the matter of ensuring ri has a database of information to share. What am I missing? How can I get ri working properly on FreeBSD? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Dr. Ron Paul: "Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons."