Bug#405789: rubygems: rubygems is too dumb to recognize debian packages

I have read http://pkg-ruby-extras.alioth.debian.org/rubygems.html However it isn't clear to me, after a period of almost three years, what the current situation is. Are there any plans for doing something about this, however remote? -Julian signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Bug#405789: rubygems: rubygems is too dumb to recognize debian packages

severity 405789 wishlist tags 405789 - patch tags 405789 + wontfix thanks On 27/05/07 at 17:57 +0900, Daigo Moriwaki wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, Jürgen > > Sorry for the late reply. > > Jürgen Strobel wrote: > > Example: > > > > aptitude install rake rails

Bug#405789: rubygems: rubygems is too dumb to recognize debian packages

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Jürgen Sorry for the late reply. Jürgen Strobel wrote: > Example: > > aptitude install rake rails > gem install mongrel > > gem will insist on installing dependencies, including rake. A really > nicely patched up rubygems could autodetect the

Bug#405789: rubygems: rubygems is too dumb to recognize debian packages

Package: rubygems Version: 0.9.0-5 Severity: normal Tags: patch First, it is nice to have rubygems, thank you. I think since Debian provides rubygems now, it should patch it to be a bit smarter about installed debian packages which provide the same functionality as gems. Example: aptitude inst