>> I figure there are 3 reasonable options, which could be checked against the >> packaging policies: >> * Install executables in /usr/bin > > no, risks overwriting files from Debian packages.
For what it's worth, the behaviour of the version of rubygems that comes with apt-get is so annoying that *everyone* I know ends up installing from source anyway. So this risk is there whether the packaged version of rubygems puts executables on users' $PATHs or not.If it doesn't, people will just use one that does. The only difference is that currently if a gem overwrites a file the Debian/Ubuntu maintainers have the luxury of pointing fingers and saying, "hey, I told you not to do that." -- Add rubygems bin to PATH https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/145267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
