On Oct 24, 2007, at 11:59 , Berger, Daniel wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of Eric Hodel >> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:19 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Rubygems-developers] Asking me for prerequisites >> >> >> On Oct 23, 2007, at 12:46 , Jim Weirich wrote: >>> On Oct 23, 2007, at 3:32 PM, Berger, Daniel wrote: >>>> Sorry if I've missed this. >>>> >>>> Is the latest rubygems not going to ask me if I want to install >>>> prerequisites? Because with the current svn version it >> just installs >>>> them without asking. On Windows, anyway. >>> >>> That is correct, the default behavior was changed. >> >> It now behaves more like macports or FreeBSD's ports which >> seems more >> sensible. If you want the old behavior, use --ignore-dependencies. > > Warning: bikeshed alert. :) > > Using '--ignore-dependencies' means it will ask me before installing > dependencies? > > That seems like an odd switch name then. I vote for '--ask- > dependencies' > instead. I would tuit '--ignore-dependencies' to mean 'just install > the > damn thing, don't try to grab the dependencies at all'.
It means the latter. It will never ask before installing dependencies anymore. -- Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The best workers get their tools to do the work for them. -- Syndicate Wars _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
