redmine does not start, gem dependency issue

HInt : read the docs at /usr/share/doc/redmine/README.Debian

I think since redmine is in the repository it should be runnable after installation with all dependencies installed. In case there is any configuration necessary it should be performed automatically or manually during installation.

After a fresh install of Maverick and redmine and using the right command from README.Debian I get the same result:

root@redmine:/usr/share/redmine# sudo -u www-data X_DEBIAN_SITEID="default" ruby script/server webrick -e production
=> Booting WEBrick
=> Rails 2.3.5 application starting on http://127.0.0.1:3000
./script/../config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb:119:Warning: Gem::Dependency#version_requirements is deprecated and will be removed on or after August 2010. Use #requirement
/usr/share/redmine/vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails/rack/log_tailer.rb:10:in `size': No such file or directory - /usr/share/redmine/log/production.log (Errno::ENOENT)
 from /usr/share/redmine/vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails/rack/log_tailer.rb:10:in `initialize'
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rack/builder.rb:54:in `new'
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rack/builder.rb:54:in `use'
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rack/builder.rb:73:in `call'
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rack/builder.rb:73:in `to_app'
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rack/builder.rb:71:in `inject'
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rack/builder.rb:73:in `each'
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rack/builder.rb:73:in `inject'
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rack/builder.rb:73:in `to_app'
 from /usr/share/redmine/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/server.rb:95
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
 from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
 from script/server:3

This is NOT a gem dependency issue :

it's simply because when you run webrick, the rack's LogTailer class does not respect
config.log_path
but calculates one on its own (this might be considered a rack bug).

Sorry for this, but you'll have to either NOT run webrick, or just create the missing folder
if you really want to :

/usr/share/redmine/vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails/rack/log_tailer.rb:10:in `size': No such file or directory - /usr/share/redmine/log/production.log (Errno::ENOENT)

Solved this odd trouble by invoking:
touch /usr/share/redmine/log/production.log

Hope it helps to someone =)