On 03/11/07 at 14:07 +0900, Daigo Moriwaki wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > severity 448639 wishlist > tags 448639 + wontfix > thanks > > Hi Lucas, > > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > I thought a lot about the gem issues. I think that we should do the > > following: > > > > install gems in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 (instead of > > /var/lib/gems/1.8), and put binaries in /usr/local/bin (instead of > > /usr/bin). > > > > provide an option to install gems in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8. This could > > be used by gem packaged as debian packages. (their binaries would then > > go to /usr/bin) > > > > What was the reason to install gems to /var/lib/gems in the first place? > > /usr/lib is a preserved directory for Debian system where only official Debian > packages that are maintained by Debian developers are expected to put and > update > their files. That's my understanding. Since gems that are installed by the gem > command are not Debian's, they should not go to /usr/lib. > > Moreover, some gems may be packaged as Debian package (.deb) by Debian > developers. For example, you can get rake by both apt-get and gem. If gems are > installed to /usr/lib, files of which may conflict with ones of Debian > packages. > > /usr/local is a preserved directory for Debian user. I think that Debian > packages should not install any files there. Since the gem command from the > rubygems package belongs to Debian package, it installs nothing in /usr/local. > > That's why I've selected /var/lib.
Ok, thank you for the detailed explanation! Some more related questions: - couldn't it be possible to modify rubygems so that it installs binaries to (say) /var/lib/gems/bin ? this way, only this dir would have to be added to $PATH by users. Since a tarball installation of rubygems installs binaries to /usr/bin, it might just be a matter of changing a path somewhere... - is it possible, using the rubygems package, to install a gem to /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8 ? This would be useful to create debian packages from gems. Thank you, -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
