Luke Kanies wrote: > I hate gems, but stupid Rails really wants to use them. Not just that, > but a really recent version. > > I hate ports, but I've got a Mac and it doesn't have real package > management. > > I have an older version of rubygems installed with ports, and I need to > upgrade. > > So: > > l...@phage(1) $ sudo port upgrade rb-rubygems > ---> Fetching perl5.8 > ---> Attempting to fetch perl-5.8.8.tar.bz2 from > http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/ > ^C > > Uh, WTF? > > I don't know who to specifically hate, but there's plenty there all right.
Hate ports. It doesn't explain what dependencies its going to install or even warn you about them. This is inexcusable as all they have to do is take a look at dpkg or fink and copy the interface. Their dependency handling is really miserable. Try uninstalling a deactivated version of a package when something else depends on the active version. It won't let you. You have to force it. Any system where "--force" is the normal mode of operations is hateful. -- Ahh email, my old friend. Do you know that revenge is a dish that is best served cold? And it is very cold on the Internet!
