FS#33327 - ruby - inconsistent gems install behavior
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Opened by G. Richard Bellamy (rbellamy) - Tuesday, 08 January 2013, 05:50 GMT
Last edited by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 04:45 GMT
Opened by G. Richard Bellamy (rbellamy) - Tuesday, 08 January 2013, 05:50 GMT
Last edited by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 04:45 GMT
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Details
When installing ruby, a gemrc (/etc/gemrc) is created that
sets --install-user globally. The wiki says "When running
gem as a user, the gems will be installed into ~/.gem..."
and "When running gem as root, gems will be installed for
everyone on the machine."
During ruby installation, there is no /root/.gemrc created, which is needed to set --no-user-install to satisfy the statement in the wiki. |
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Closed by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123)
Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 04:45 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: not a ruby bug
Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 04:45 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: not a ruby bug
The wiki is wrong and should be updated to reflect what it is in the package.