Passenger 6.0.15

by Camden Narzt

Version 6.0.15 of the Passenger application server has been released. This release adds Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL, Rocky, Alma) packages, and improves Solaris support.

Passenger 6 introduced Generic Language Support, or: the ability to support any and all arbitrary apps.

Updates & improvements

  • Restore ability to build against upstream libev. Contributed by Antonio Terceiro. Closes GH-1544.
  • Improve rvm gemset detection. Closes GH-2420.
  • Fix watchdog error on disable-log-prefix flag. Contributed by Paul Hanyzewski. Closes GH-2363.
  • Upgrades Boost to 1.80.
  • Fixed compilation on some platforms by explicitely using the stl queue. Closes GH-2440.
  • Raise an error in case rack gets an ENOBUFS error. Contributed by Mathieu Jobin.
  • Fixes interaction between preload bundler option and setenv RUBYOPT option. Closes GH-2424.
  • Add rpm packages for el9 (RHEL, Rocky, Alma). Closes GH-2431.
  • Upgrade jsoncpp to 1.9.5.
  • Improve Solaris support for 11.3 & 11.4.
  • Updated various library versions used in precompiled binaries (used for e.g. gem installs):
    • ccache: 4.6 → 4.6.3
    • cmake: 3.23.1 → 3.24.2
    • curl: 7.82.0 → 7.85.0
    • git: 2.36.0 → 2.37.3
    • gnupg: 2.3.5 → 2.3.7
    • libiconv: 1.16 → 1.17
    • libksba: 1.6.0 → 1.6.1
    • openssl: 1.1.1n → 1.1.1q
    • pinentry: 1.2.0 → 1.2.1
    • rubygems: 3.3.12 → 3.3.22

Installing 6.0.15

Please see the installation guide for advice on getting started with Passenger. Coming from a language other than Ruby, Python, Meteor or Node? Even if we didn't write a specific tutorial for your language, we made a generic guide that shows you the steps.

Upgrading to 6.0.15

We strongly advise staying up to date with the latest version.

Check out our upgrade guides for the different platforms:

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