fix: pin bigdecimal to < 4 to avoid broken transitive installs via activesupport#833
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…tivesupport bigdecimal 4.x is incompatible with certain platforms (el-7-aarch64, el-7-x86_64). Without this pin, a bare 'gem install train' resolves activesupport's transitive dependency to bigdecimal 4.x and fails. Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Chandra <[email protected]>
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bigdecimalto< 4intrain.gemspecto prevent broken installs on platforms likeel-7-aarch64andel-7-x86_64.bigdecimal 4.xis incompatible with certain runtimes. Without this pin, a baregem install trainresolvesactivesupport's transitive dependency tobigdecimal 4.xand fails.ad-hoc build: https://buildkite.com/chef/inspec-inspec-inspec-5-omnibus-adhoc/builds/339#_
inspec test PR : inspec/inspec#7941
Files Changed
train.gemspec— addedspec.add_dependency "bigdecimal", "< 4"Testing
Change is a dependency constraint only; no functional code changed. Existing test suite validates gemspec correctness.
Risk
Low — constrains a transitive dependency to a known-good version range already present in
Gemfile.lock.This work was completed with AI assistance following Progress AI policies.