Feature Requests item #25791, was opened at 2009-05-06 01:07 You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=578&aid=25791&group_id=126
Category: `gem install` command Group: v1.3.x Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 3 Submitted By: Sven Schwyn (sschwyn) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: Shebang of executables should not expand symlinks Initial Comment: Some distros (such as Gentoo or Debian) allow Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 to be installed both at the same time. Gentoo for instance creates the following files: /usr/bin/ruby18 /usr/bin/ruby19 /usr/bin/ruby -> ruby18 or ruby19 In other words: /usr/bin/ruby is a symlink to the actual version of the ruby interpreter used. Unfortunately, when "gem install" installs a gem with executable scripts, the Ruby interpreter written to the shebang is not the symlink (/usr/bin/ruby) but the expanded symlink (i.e. /usr/bin/ruby18). Is there a reason for this? If not, it would be a great help for package maintainers like me if you could teach RubyGems to use /usr/bin/ruby for the shebang even if it is a symlink. Thanks a lot for considering this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=578&aid=25791&group_id=126 _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems Rubygems-developers@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
