Bug 322821

Summary:	dev-ruby/rubygems should install into /usr/local instead of /usr by default
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Hans de Graaff <graaff>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Ruby Team <ruby>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	QA
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Hans de Graaff gentoo-dev

2010-06-05 09:18:37 UTC

Currently dev-ruby/rubygems installs its files into /usr when running with root permissions. It should install into /usr/local by default instead to keep a clear separation between gentoo-managed files and user-managed files. The current situation may lead to problems, especially when users mix ebuild and gem-based installs for the same package.

Note that rubygems still needs to be able to install into /usr to support the legacy gems.eclass, and that the relevant /usr/local paths should be added to the RUBYPATH automatically so that this change is transparent to users.

One potential issue is that gems already installed into /usr may no longer be removed without providing additional options.

Comment 1 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-08-03 16:09:03 UTC

Fixed in 1.3.7-r2.