Issue upgrading application to rails 4.2.1 with libv8 & devise & therubyracer - ruby-on-rails

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My application was working all fine with the following gemfile:
source 'https://rubygems.org'
#ruby version
ruby "2.1.5"
# Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'rails', '4.1.10'
# Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
gem 'pg'
# Use SCSS for stylesheets
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 4.0.3'
# Use Uglifier as compressor for JavaScript assets
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
# Use CoffeeScript for .js.coffee assets and views
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.0.0'
# See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
# gem 'therubyracer', platforms: :ruby
# Use jquery as the JavaScript library
gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'jquery-ui-rails'
# Turbolinks makes following links in your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/rails/turbolinks
gem 'turbolinks'
# Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0'
# bundle exec rake doc:rails generates the API under doc/api.
gem 'sdoc', '~> 0.4.0', group: :doc
#add bootstrap css
gem "twitter-bootstrap-rails"
gem "therubyracer"
gem "less-rails"
# Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring
gem 'spring', group: :development
#Add paperclip for image uploading - requires imagemagick - need rmagick for heroku?
gem "paperclip", :git => "git://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip.git"
gem 'rmagick'
#aws-sdk for s3 capability production only
gem 'aws-sdk', group: :production
gem "rake", '10.4.2'
#Adding geoip for our lookup location services
gem 'geoip', '~> 1.4.0'
#Adding a exception notifier for debugging on heroku
gem 'exception_notification'
#annotate model game so models get details of the database contents added as comments to the top of their files
gem 'annotate', '~> 2.6.5'
#for oauth authentication with Stripe api
gem 'omniauth-stripe-connect'
#for stripe checkout
gem 'stripe', :git => 'https://github.com/stripe/stripe-ruby'
#for user management
gem 'devise'
#for devise facebook omni auth
gem 'omniauth-facebook'
#for storing my custom settings
gem 'rails_config'
#HTTParty for easily consuming external web services in the ruby app - used for GDistance class in services
gem 'httparty'
#i need the latest version of fontawesome - the one in bootstrap is too old!
gem "font-awesome-rails"
#google analytics - for production only
gem 'rack-google_analytics', group: :production
#ahoy is for on site analytics - trying it out
gem 'ahoy_matey'
#using socialization gem for user follows
gem 'socialization'
# Use ActiveModel has_secure_password
# gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7'
# Use unicorn as the app server
# gem 'unicorn'
# Use Capistrano for deployment
# gem 'capistrano-rails', group: :development
# Use debugger
# gem 'debugger', group: [:development, :test]
I want to update my application to use Rails 4.2.1, so I update this line in my gemfile:
gem 'rails', '4.2.1'
When I then run bundle update I get the following error:
Using less 2.6.0
Using less-rails 2.7.0 (was 2.6.0)
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20150701-17291-17o68o1.rb extconf.rb
creating Makefile
Compiling v8 for x64
Using python 2.7.6
Using compiler: /usr/bin/c++ (clang version 6.1.0)
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/libtool: file: /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.o has no symbols
In file included from ../src/accessors.cc:28:
In file included from ../src/v8.h:60:
In file included from ../src/objects-inl.h:38:
In file included from ../src/elements.h:33:
In file included from ../src/heap.h:35:
In file included from ../src/incremental-marking.h:33:
In file included from ../src/mark-compact.h:32:
../src/spaces.h:896:26: error: 'this' pointer cannot be null in well-defined C++ code; comparison may be assumed to always evaluate to true [-Werror,-Wtautological-undefined-compare]
bool exists() { return this != NULL && code_range_ != NULL; }
^~~~ ~~~~
../src/spaces.h:898:9: error: 'this' pointer cannot be null in well-defined C++ code; comparison may be assumed to always evaluate to false [-Werror,-Wtautological-undefined-compare]
if (this == NULL || code_range_ == NULL) return false;
^~~~ ~~~~
2 errors generated.
make[1]: *** [/Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/v8_base/src/accessors.o] Error 1
make: *** [x64.release] Error 2
/Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/ext/libv8/location.rb:36:in `block in verify_installation!': libv8 did not install properly, expected binary v8 archive '/Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/tools/gyp/libv8_base.a'to exist, but it was not found (Libv8::Location::Vendor::ArchiveNotFound)
from /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `each'
from /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `verify_installation!'
from /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/ext/libv8/location.rb:26:in `install!'
from extconf.rb:7:in `<main>'
GYP_GENERATORS=make \
build/gyp/gyp --generator-output="out" build/all.gyp \
-Ibuild/standalone.gypi --depth=. \
-Dv8_target_arch=x64 \
-S.x64 -Dv8_enable_backtrace=1 -Dv8_can_use_vfp2_instructions=true -Darm_fpu=vfpv2 -Dv8_can_use_vfp3_instructions=true -Darm_fpu=vfpv3 -Dwerror=''
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/allocation.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/bignum.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/bignum-dtoa.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/cached-powers.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/conversions.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/diy-fp.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/dtoa.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/fast-dtoa.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/fixed-dtoa.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/once.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/preparse-data.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/preparser.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/preparser-api.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/scanner.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/strtod.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/token.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/unicode.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/utils.o
LIBTOOL-STATIC /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/libpreparser_lib.a
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser/preparser/preparser-process.o
LINK(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/preparser
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/v8_base/src/accessors.o
extconf failed, exit code 1
Gem files will remain installed in /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-14/2.1.0-static/libv8-3.16.14.8/gem_make.out
An error occurred while installing libv8 (3.16.14.8), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.8'` succeeds before bundling.
So I then try the command the error suggests:
gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.8'
This command fails with this error:
Andys-MacBook-Pro:andyhelloworldruby andyarmstrong$ gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.8'
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing libv8:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20150701-18322-ri2u8p.rb extconf.rb
creating Makefile
Compiling v8 for x64
Using python 2.7.6
Using compiler: /usr/bin/c++ (clang version 6.1.0)
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/libtool: file: /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.o has no symbols
In file included from ../src/accessors.cc:28:
In file included from ../src/v8.h:60:
In file included from ../src/objects-inl.h:38:
In file included from ../src/elements.h:33:
In file included from ../src/heap.h:35:
In file included from ../src/incremental-marking.h:33:
In file included from ../src/mark-compact.h:32:
../src/spaces.h:896:26: error: 'this' pointer cannot be null in well-defined C++ code; comparison may be assumed to always evaluate to true [-Werror,-Wtautological-undefined-compare]
bool exists() { return this != NULL && code_range_ != NULL; }
^~~~ ~~~~
../src/spaces.h:898:9: error: 'this' pointer cannot be null in well-defined C++ code; comparison may be assumed to always evaluate to false [-Werror,-Wtautological-undefined-compare]
if (this == NULL || code_range_ == NULL) return false;
^~~~ ~~~~
2 errors generated.
make[1]: *** [/Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/v8_base/src/accessors.o] Error 1
make: *** [x64.release] Error 2
/Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/ext/libv8/location.rb:36:in `block in verify_installation!': libv8 did not install properly, expected binary v8 archive '/Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/tools/gyp/libv8_base.a'to exist, but it was not found (Libv8::Location::Vendor::ArchiveNotFound)
from /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `each'
from /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `verify_installation!'
from /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/ext/libv8/location.rb:26:in `install!'
from extconf.rb:7:in `<main>'
GYP_GENERATORS=make \
build/gyp/gyp --generator-output="out" build/all.gyp \
-Ibuild/standalone.gypi --depth=. \
-Dv8_target_arch=x64 \
-S.x64 -Dv8_enable_backtrace=1 -Dv8_can_use_vfp2_instructions=true -Darm_fpu=vfpv2 -Dv8_can_use_vfp3_instructions=true -Darm_fpu=vfpv3 -Dwerror=''
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/allocation.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/bignum.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/bignum-dtoa.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/cached-powers.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/conversions.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/diy-fp.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/dtoa.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/fast-dtoa.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/fixed-dtoa.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/once.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/preparse-data.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/preparser.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/preparser-api.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/scanner.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/strtod.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/token.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/unicode.o
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/utils.o
LIBTOOL-STATIC /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/libpreparser_lib.a
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser/preparser/preparser-process.o
LINK(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/preparser
CXX(target) /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/v8_base/src/accessors.o
extconf failed, exit code 1
Gem files will remain installed in /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/libv8-3.16.14.8 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/andyarmstrong/.rbenv/versions/2.1.5/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-14/2.1.0-static/libv8-3.16.14.8/gem_make.out
Doing some searching I tried the following command:
gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.8' -- --with-system-v8 - which succeeds, but then when I try bundle update again, therubyracer fails to resolve v8 as I don't think the system has a v8 installed.
How can I resolve this libv8 issue?

Answer 1

The problem was because of a problem in the libv8 source : https://github.com/cowboyd/libv8/issues/174
It was fixed by installing '3.16.14.7' like this:
gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.7'
And that passed, so then adding this to the gemfile:
gem 'libv8', '3.16.14.7'