ruby: remove insecure 1.8.7, fixes #11194

1.8.x is unsupported and is probably insecure.

This also simplifies things a little bit

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml

···
     </para>
   </listitem>
 
+  <listitem>
+    <para><command>ruby_1_8</command> has been removed as it's not
+    supported from upstream anymore and probably contains security
+    issues.
+    </para>
+  </listitem>
+
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </section>

pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/bundler-env/default.nix

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               require 'rubygems/package'
               require 'fileutils'
 
-              if defined?(Encoding.default_internal)
-                Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8
-                Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
-              end
+              Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8
+              Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
 
               if Gem::VERSION < '2.0'
                 load "${./package-1.8.rb}"

pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix

···
       else versionNoPatch;
     tag = "v" + stdenv.lib.replaceChars ["." "p" "-"] ["_" "_" ""] fullVersionName;
     isRuby21 = majorVersion == "2" && minorVersion == "1";
-    isRuby18 = majorVersion == "1" && minorVersion == "8";
     baseruby = self.override { useRailsExpress = false; };
     self = lib.makeOverridable (
       { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchFromSavannah, fetchFromGitHub
···
           # support is disabled (if it's enabled, we already have it) and we're
           # running on darwin
           ++ (op (!cursesSupport && stdenv.isDarwin) readline)
-          ++ (ops stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin; [ libiconv libobjc libunwind ]))
-          ++ op isRuby18 autoconf;
+          ++ (ops stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin; [ libiconv libobjc libunwind ]));
 
         enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
···
           rm "$sourceRoot/enc/unicode/name2ctype.h"
         '';
 
-        postPatch = opString (!isRuby18) (if isRuby21 then ''
+        postPatch = if isRuby21 then ''
           rm tool/config_files.rb
           cp ${config}/config.guess tool/
           cp ${config}/config.sub tool/
-        '' else opString useRailsExpress ''
+        ''
+        else opString useRailsExpress ''
           sed -i configure.in -e '/config.guess/d'
           cp ${config}/config.guess tool/
           cp ${config}/config.sub tool/
-        '');
+        '';
 
         configureFlags = ["--enable-shared" "--enable-pthread"]
           ++ op useRailsExpress "--with-baseruby=${baseruby}/bin/ruby"
···
     ) args; in self;
 
 in {
-  ruby_1_8_7 = generic {
-    majorVersion = "1";
-    minorVersion = "8";
-    teenyVersion = "7";
-    patchLevel = "374";
-    sha256 = {
-      src = "0v17cmm95f3xwa4kvza8xwbnfvfqcrym8cvqfvscn45bxsmfwvl7";
-      git = "1xddhxr0j26hpxfixvhqdscwk2ri846w2129fcfwfjzvy19igswx";
-    };
-  };
-
   ruby_1_9_3 = generic {
     majorVersion = "1";
     minorVersion = "9";

pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix

···
 { patchSet, useRailsExpress, ops, patchLevel }:
 
 let self = rec {
-  "1.8.7" = [
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/01-ignore-generated-files.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/02-fix-tests-for-osx.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/03-sigvtalrm-fix.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/04-railsbench-gc-patch.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/05-display-full-stack-trace.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/06-better-source-file-tracing.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/07-heap-dump-support.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/08-fork-support-for-gc-logging.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/09-track-malloc-size.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/10-track-object-allocation.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/11-expose-heap-slots.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/12-fix-heap-size-growth-logic.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/13-heap-slot-size.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/14-add-trace-stats-enabled-methods.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/15-track-live-dataset-size.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/16-add-object-size-information-to-heap-dump.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p${patchLevel}/railsexpress/17-caller-for-all-threads.patch"
-  ];
   "1.9.3" = [
     ./ruby19-parallel-install.patch
     ./bitperfect-rdoc.patch

pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/ruby-1.8.7.nix

···
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub
-, zlib, zlibSupport ? true
-, openssl, opensslSupport ? true
-, gdbm, gdbmSupport ? true
-, ncurses, readline, cursesSupport ? true
-, groff, docSupport ? false
-, ruby_1_8_7, autoreconfHook, bison, useRailsExpress ? true
-}:
-
-let
-  op = stdenv.lib.optional;
-  ops = stdenv.lib.optionals;
-  patchSet = import ./rvm-patchsets.nix { inherit fetchFromGitHub; };
-  baseruby = ruby_1_8_7.override { useRailsExpress = false; };
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = with passthru; "${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}.${teenyVersion}-p${patchLevel}";
-
-  name = "ruby-${version}";
-
-  src = if useRailsExpress then fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "ruby";
-    repo   = "ruby";
-    rev    = "v1_8_7_${passthru.patchLevel}";
-    sha256 = "1xddhxr0j26hpxfixvhqdscwk2ri846w2129fcfwfjzvy19igswx";
-  } else fetchurl {
-    url = "http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1qq7khilwkayrhwmzlxk83scrmiqfi7lgsn4c63znyvz2c1lgqxl";
-  };
-
-  # Have `configure' avoid `/usr/bin/nroff' in non-chroot builds.
-  NROFF = "${groff}/bin/nroff";
-
-  buildInputs = ops useRailsExpress [ autoreconfHook bison ]
-    ++ (ops cursesSupport [ ncurses readline ] )
-    ++ (op docSupport groff )
-    ++ (op zlibSupport zlib)
-    ++ (op opensslSupport openssl)
-    ++ (op gdbmSupport gdbm);
-
-  patches = ops useRailsExpress [
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/01-ignore-generated-files.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/02-fix-tests-for-osx.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/03-sigvtalrm-fix.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/04-railsbench-gc-patch.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/05-display-full-stack-trace.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/06-better-source-file-tracing.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/07-heap-dump-support.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/08-fork-support-for-gc-logging.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/09-track-malloc-size.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/10-track-object-allocation.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/11-expose-heap-slots.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/12-fix-heap-size-growth-logic.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/13-heap-slot-size.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/14-add-trace-stats-enabled-methods.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/15-track-live-dataset-size.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/16-add-object-size-information-to-heap-dump.patch"
-    "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/1.8.7/p374/railsexpress/17-caller-for-all-threads.patch"
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--enable-shared" "--enable-pthread" ]
-    # Without this fails due to not finding X11/Xlib.h
-    # Not sure why this isn't required on Linux
-    ++ ops stdenv.isDarwin [ "--without-tcl" "--without-tk" ]
-    ++ op useRailsExpress "--with-baseruby=${baseruby}/bin/ruby";
-
-  installFlags = stdenv.lib.optionalString docSupport "install-doc";
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    # Bundler tries to create this directory
-    mkdir -pv $out/${passthru.gemPath}
-    mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-    cat > $out/nix-support/setup-hook <<EOF
-    addGemPath() {
-      addToSearchPath GEM_PATH \$1/${passthru.gemPath}
-    }
-
-    envHooks+=(addGemPath)
-    EOF
-  '' + lib.optionalString useRailsExpress ''
-    rbConfig=$(find $out/lib/ruby -name rbconfig.rb)
-
-    # Prevent the baseruby from being included in the closure.
-    sed -i '/^  CONFIG\["BASERUBY"\]/d' $rbConfig
-    sed -i "s|'--with-baseruby=${baseruby}/bin/ruby'||" $rbConfig
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.ruby;
-    homepage = "http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/";
-    description = "The Ruby language";
-  };
-
-  passthru = rec {
-    majorVersion = "1";
-    minorVersion = "8";
-    teenyVersion = "7";
-    patchLevel = "374";
-    rubyEngine = "ruby";
-    libPath = "lib/${rubyEngine}/${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}.${teenyVersion}";
-    gemPath = "lib/${rubyEngine}/gems/${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}.${teenyVersion}";
-  };
-}

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

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   buildRubyGem = callPackage ../development/interpreters/ruby/gem.nix { };
   bundlerEnv = callPackage ../development/interpreters/ruby/bundler-env { };
 
-  ruby_1_8_7 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/ruby/ruby-1.8.7.nix { };
   inherit (callPackage ../development/interpreters/ruby {})
-    # TODO: uncomment when ruby_1_8_7 doesn't need autoconf
-    # ruby_1_8_7
     ruby_1_9_3
     ruby_2_0_0
     ruby_2_1_0 ruby_2_1_1 ruby_2_1_2 ruby_2_1_3 ruby_2_1_6
···
 
   # Ruby aliases
   ruby = ruby_2_2;
-  ruby_1_8 = ruby_1_8_7;
   ruby_1_9 = ruby_1_9_3;
   ruby_2_0 = ruby_2_0_0;
   ruby_2_1 = ruby_2_1_6;