Kevin DuBois: > perhaps it would be better to have the package install symlinks to > directories already in $PATH or to modify the build the package so > that it is installed to somewhere in $PATH
The catch is, Debian/Ubuntu doesn’t control the files that can come in the installed gems, so can’t assure there aren’t any clashes in their filenames (I can easily create a gem that will ship a ‘cp’ binary and upload it to RubyForge) – hence RubyGems can’t symlink files in /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin from any dpkg-handled location. (Now that I look at my $PATH, it seems /usr/local/bin is there by default, so maybe symlinks from there would make it all work. Still, adding /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin somehow to the $PATH seems the better solution – although I know it’s not simple to implement.) -- Shot -- Like most computer techie people, I'll happily spend 6 hours trying to figure out how to do a 3 hour job in 10 minutes. -- James Cort, asr -- 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 the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
