Stuart Longland (VK4MSL) on Nostr: Ohh wonderful, so `apt-get dist-upgrade` has managed to break the custom Ruby build ...
Ohh wonderful, so `apt-get dist-upgrade` has managed to break the custom Ruby build that runs Mastodon. Or rather, one of its "gems".
```
==> /var/log/syslog <==
2026-02-07T08:08:31.370873+10:00 mastodon bundle[9097]: There was an error while trying to load the gem 'charlock_holmes'.
2026-02-07T08:08:31.371202+10:00 mastodon bundle[9097]: Gem Load Error is: libicudata.so.72: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory - /home/mastodon/live/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.4.0/gems/charlock_holmes-0.7.9/lib/charlock_holmes/charlock_holmes.so
```
#MastoAdmin
Published at
2026-02-06 22:09:57 UTCEvent JSON
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