> Hasn't it been pointed out several times that doing all this linking in > postinstall scripts is incorrect? Links should be delivered as part of the > package itself, with the package delivering the latest version of Ruby (or > whatever component) delivering the symlinks to its version.
+1. I would use the simple model of delivering a link to the latest version of the component and drop all the postinstall magic. If the need arises for something more intelligent later, then let's design that at the time. dsc