# I replied just to Anthony so I sent it to the list again. # He gave me a patch that enables to use GEM_HOME.
Antony Lesuisse wrote: > rubygems would be patched to support gems installed in multiple > directories > > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/gem > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/ > $HOME/.rubygems > Why don't you use GEM_HOME environment variable to specify your favorite place? Packaging tools should not install anything to /usr/local. It's debian policy. Although $ gem install is not an official debian tool such as apt and dpkg, it is something like that and this way would cause "least surprise." /usr/lib is an official directory where official packaging tools only use. Since $ gem is semi-official it may use... I don't know other script languages well. Are there any packaging tools like gem which use /usr/lib/... as their repositories? That's why I select /var/lib/gem. I will upload the libgems-ruby1.8 package to experimental distribution this weak end. # Now I am an official developer. Thanks, Daigo daigo at debian dot org -- Daigo Moriwaki beatles at sgtpepper dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
