rake db:migrate fails due to undefined method `symlink' for class `Capistrano::Configuration::Namespaces::Namespace'

[kevindew]

I got this when I updated my version of webistrano and tried to migrate. To verify it wasn't a customisation of my fork I also tried doing a fresh clone, bundle install and tried to migrate and got the same error.

Quick work around to migrate without error is to just remove undef :symlink from config/initializers/capistrano_namespace_rake_fix.rb but naturally that must have been added for a reason.

Stack trace:

RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate --trace
rake/rdoctask is deprecated. Use rdoc/task instead (in RDoc 2.4.2+)
** Invoke db:migrate (first_time)
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
rake aborted!
undefined method symlink' for classCapistrano::Configuration::Namespaces::Namespace'
/Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/config/initializers/capistrano_namespace_rake_fix.rb:2
/Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/config/initializers/capistrano_namespace_rake_fix.rb:2:in class_eval' /Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/config/initializers/capistrano_namespace_rake_fix.rb:2 /Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:173:inload_without_new_constant_marking'
/Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:173:in load' /Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.11/lib/initializer.rb:622:inload_application_initializers'
/Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.11/lib/initializer.rb:621:in each' /Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.11/lib/initializer.rb:621:inload_application_initializers'
/Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.11/lib/initializer.rb:176:in process' /Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.11/lib/initializer.rb:113:insend'
/Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.11/lib/initializer.rb:113:in run' /Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/config/environment.rb:16 /Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:182:inrequire'
/Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:182:in require' /Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:547:innew_constants_in'
/Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.11/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:182:in require' /Users/kev/Sites/webistrano-original/vendor/bundler/ruby/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.11/lib/tasks/misc.rake:4 /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:205:incall'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:205:in execute' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:200:ineach'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:200:in execute' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:158:ininvoke_with_call_chain'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in synchronize' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:151:ininvoke_with_call_chain'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:176:in invoke_prerequisites' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:174:ineach'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:174:in invoke_prerequisites' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:157:ininvoke_with_call_chain'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in synchronize' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:151:ininvoke_with_call_chain'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/task.rb:144:in invoke' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/application.rb:112:ininvoke_task'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/application.rb:90:in top_level' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/application.rb:90:ineach'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/application.rb:90:in top_level' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/application.rb:129:instandard_exception_handling'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/application.rb:84:in top_level' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/application.rb:62:inrun'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/application.rb:129:in standard_exception_handling' /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/lib/rake/application.rb:59:inrun'
/opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.9.0/bin/rake:31
/opt/local/bin/rake:19:in `load'
/opt/local/bin/rake:19
Tasks: TOP => db:migrate => environment

[kevindew]

I seem to get this problem starting the app as well.

[caiosba]

It worked for me by removing config/initializers/capistrano_namespace_rake_fix.rb. Looks like this fix is not necessary anymore.