On 1/8/07, Sven Panne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Am Montag, 8. Januar 2007 17:15 schrieb Justin Bailey:
> [...]
> For example, if I want to install Rails (ruby web-app framework), I just
> type:
>
> gem install rails
>
> It's pretty slick.
How does this work with the native packaging mechanism on your platform
(RPM, ...)? Does it work "behind it's back" (which would be bad)? Let's
assume that "rails" needs "foo" and "bar" as well, which are not yet on your
box. Does "gem install" transitively get/update all dependecies of "rails"?
Gems is pretty self-contained - gems can depend on other gems, with a
variety of versioning options. If you try to install a gem that
depends on others, you will be asked if you wish to install those
first (unless the correct versions are already present on your
machine). I use Windows so there isn't any other packaging system for
it to interact with.
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