Summary: | rubygems ebuild switch to installing in /usr/local causes problems | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Robert Sharp <bugzilla> |
Component: | New packages | Assignee: | Gentoo Ruby Team <ruby> |
Status: | RESOLVED CANTFIX | ||
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | Normal | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Robert Sharp
2012-09-22 16:03:51 UTC
I'm sorry that you've had problems with the move of installed gems from /usr to /usr/local, but this is not something that we will change or make configurable. The current situation fits with the overall idea that /usr should be managed by Gentoo, and /usr/local should be managed by the user. It also avoids problems where gems could be installed by both rubygems and Gentoo, leading to very nasty and hard to debug problems. By clearly separating Gentoo-managed and user-managed code we avoid this problem. I'm sorry that you had a rough upgrade path. We have had this configuration for a long time already in unstable (also for older rubygems versions) and we never got bug reports about it, so we were not aware of any remaining problems. At this point, with the new rubygems already stable for some time, I'm not sure what we can do to fix issues here anymore because the current state won't be fully clear anymore, so I'm closing this CANTFIX. |