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libgems-ruby package

  1. Bug #145267
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 145267

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Lucas Nussbaum (lucas) wrote : Re: [Bug 145267] Re: Add rubygems bin to PATH

On 28/05/08 at 15:33 -0000, Neil Wilson wrote:
> OK.
>
> So patch to gem1.8 to call update-alternatives with a lowish priority
> whenever it fiddles with '/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin'.
>
> Similarly to gem1.9.
>
> Now what about the corresponding apt-package. Let's say we have
> 'mongrel' installed via gems with the alternatives system pointing
> /usr/bin/mongrel_rails to the gem version. Then we install the apt
> package and there is a name clash. If something has been packaged that
> is also a ruby gem how do we do the naming for the binaries?

For each Debian package where a gem also exists, you would have to
modify the Debian package to use the alternatives system. That clearly
doesn't work.
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