On 10/20/07, Luis Lavena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Even the contributed recipe is using a older version of rubygems (0.8.11)
>
> > > "This hierarchy holds state information pertaining to an application
> > > or the system. State information is data that programs modify while
> > > they run, and that pertains to one specific host. Users must never
> > > need to modify files in /var/lib to configure a package's operation."
> >
> > Yeah. Whoever chose /var/lib chose wrong. But GoboLinux doesn't follow
> > FHS, if that's the item in question. (GoboLinux is approaching it from
> > a Mac-like approach. Unfortunately it doesn't quite work as well as
> > that, and even the Mac still uses /usr and /usr/local and /opt and
> > /opt/local...)
> >
>
> GoboLinux actually create some hidding symlinks for those /usr
> /usr/local and /opt /bin /etc... they aren't the real ones.
>
> I found less intrusive the compile and packaging process of GoboLinux
> than any other packaging on linux... but that is too subjective and my
> POV...

No, I agree. I think GFHS has it all over FHS. It may not be perfect,
and personally I think maybe they went a bit too far --if they were a
bit more conservative they may have a large following, but in anycase
it certainly is a vast improvement over the status quo (from my POV).

> Trans: could you be clear if you're talking about GoboLinux or debian
> use of forced gem store location?

Debian. Sorry for any confusion. I just mentioned Gobo in light of my
hard-code discovery (they would been very disappointed by such a sight
;-)

I just finished installing the new Ubuntu release from scratch, and I
decided apt-get RubyGems b/c the current .deb version is pretty up to
date. But then I couldn't find where the gems were going, which is how
this came up.

T.
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