> it's not a simple problem to solve I disagree. The current state is this: Installation instructions recommend installing RubyGems from source because Ubuntu's is broken. This rubygems installed from source in combination with a Ruby installed from apt will cause gem to write executables in /usr/bin.
What again is the argument against setting EXECUTABLE_DIRECTORY to /usr/local/bin? It's more standard conforming than the current /var path. It's simply the administrator (sudo) installing an executable in /usr/local/bin, which is standard practice. Ubuntu doesn't modify other software to prevent writing to /usr/local/bin, why pick out rubygems, whose users are developers, not technology averse end users? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/706603 Title: gem1.9.1 doens't install executables on PATH -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
