On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:24:06 -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Michael S. Gilbert dijo [Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 11:58:04PM -0400]: > > > I tried testgem downloaded from > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=278566. > > > > > > % sudo gem install testgem-0.0.1.gem > > > Successfully installed testgem-0.0.1 > > > 1 gem installed > > > Installing ri documentation for testgem-0.0.1... > > > File not found: lib > > > > > > (I think that making document files causes this error.) > > > > > > % ls /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/less > > > /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/less > > > > > > > > > So, /usr/bin/less is not overwritten. > > > Debian's RubyGems is patched to replace the upstream's indiscriminate > > > default > > > directory. > > > > ok, but when you run 'less', does that run /usr/bin/less > > or /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/less? if it is the latter, then there is > > definately a problem here. > > No, Debian's path does not include /var/lib/*/bin - The default paths, > set by /etc/profile, read: > > > if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then > PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" > else > PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games" > fi > > Requiring rubygems does not change it, even from within Ruby: > > $ irb > irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems' > => true > irb(main):002:0> system 'echo $PATH' > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > => true > > So I think this bug does not bite us.
ok, sounds like a non-issue to me then. mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
