On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 06:44, Adrian Tofan <tofan.adr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> thank you for advice. Unfortunately I didn't managed to do what I planed.
> In fact I tried using Debian pinning which allowed me to upgrade ruby gems
> using the -t option (manualy). -t was needed and I didn't managed to avoid it.
>
> Unfortunately Debian's runbgems is highly modified. Using the upgraded
> rubygems I couldn't install a gem called buildr only if I manually installed
> each of his dependencies(more than 15 gems) in order to have the proper
> version.
>
> All this took me one and half days of work (I am a Debian beginner). I am not
> sure if Debian's policy is the good one, but it doesn't work for me. I simply
> may not have the necessary skills for the moment.
It is, in essence, a conflict between the Debian policies and the Ruby
Gem policies, on which there is sadly no clear resolution at present.
:/
> In the mean time I modified my bootstrap script in order to install ruby and
> rubygems from source (without apt-get). I really hope that a cleaner solution
> exists and I am looking forward to find it ;)
That *is* the cleaner solution, if you are willing to accept using a
private Ruby. Debian set aside a bunch of areas, like /usr/local and
/opt, in which you can easily drop this sort of local software with
the assurance that it will not conflict with upstream software.
Resolving the Debian Gem issue is hard, so I would suggest you
continue the policy of a local source install of Ruby and gems, which
you can then use with your application. (Alternately, you could use
something like rvm to automate parts of this process for you. :)
Regards,
Daniel
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