Hello,
On Dec 21, 2007 6:44 PM, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've broken my gem configuration once by doing a gem update --system. I
> > think I've cleaned it up completely afterwards, but there may have
> > remained some residual brokenness.
>
> The old gems were still on the system. The Debian patched gems script
> installs gems into /var/lib/gems while the unpatched gems script
> install them in /usr/lib/ruby/gems.
Just a thought: it should be easy to make gems update --system fail
with an error message saying essentially 'please use apt to upgrade'.
That would avoid nasty compatibility problems.
Cheers,
Vincent
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