The way I've done this is to do the rake install like you describe and then use 'gem bundle --cache <path to your customized .gem file>' to add the modified gem to you application's gem cache.
On Feb 9, 6:07 am, Ming <[email protected]> wrote: > I needed to modify a gem -- dm-pager -- used by my merb app. For > development, I merely went into the gem src of my app's gem/gem > directory and made the necessary changes. This worked fine. > > Now as I deploy the app, with bundled gems, my changes don't > propagate. The server seems to be using the stock gem without my > modifications. > > So I downloaded the source dm-pager, rake-d, and then rake installed > it (as sudo) on both the deployment and development servers and > deleted any cached dm-pager gems in the app cache directories. > > However, every time I deploy via capistrano the app's current, cache > directory has the stock gem. (Without doing 'gem bundle' on the dev > box and the with.) > > I know this is a naive approach -- I'm a relative ruby and merb n00b. > > What's the right way of modifying gems for my merb project, specifying > those gems and deploying them? > > TIA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "merb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/merb?hl=en.
