[DRE-maint] Bug#643770: ruby-rchardet: syntax errors when loading with ruby1.9.1

[Bram Senders]

Package: ruby-rchardet
Version: 1.3-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch

Hi there,

Trying to use ruby-rchardet using ruby1.9.1 gives syntax errors when
loading the module.  See the following output:

bram at debian:~$ irb1.9.1 -rrchardet
<internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require':
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rchardet/chardistribution.rb:60: syntax error,
unexpected ':', expecting keyword_then or ';' or '\n' (SyntaxError)
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rchardet/chardistribution.rb:61: syntax error,
unexpected ':', expecting keyword_then or ';' or '\n'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rchardet/chardistribution.rb:75: syntax error,
unexpected ':', expecting keyword_then or ';' or '\n'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rchardet/chardistribution.rb:84: syntax error,
unexpected keyword_end, expecting $end
        from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rchardet.rb:25:in `<top (required)>'
        from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
        from <internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/init.rb:281:in `block in load_modules'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/init.rb:279:in `each'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/init.rb:279:in `load_modules'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/init.rb:20:in `setup'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:53:in `start'
        from /usr/bin/irb1.9.1:12:in `<main>'

This is because a number of "if" and "for" statements end with a colon,
which was apparently valid in ruby1.8, but is not valid in ruby1.9.1.
Attached is a patch that removes these colons, so that ruby-rchardet
loads without syntax errors.

Cheers,

Bram Senders
bram at proggerij.nl

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ruby-rchardet depends on:
ii  ruby                          4.8        ii  ruby1.8
[ruby-interpreter]    1.8.7.352-2
ii  ruby1.9.1 [ruby-interpreter]  1.9.2.290-2

ruby-rchardet recommends no packages.

ruby-rchardet suggests no packages.

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