FS#70961 - [rubygems] override Gem.default_dir to fix inconsistencies

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Felipe Contreras (felipec) - Thursday, 20 May 2021, 20:51 GMT
Last edited by Buggy McBugFace (bugbot) - Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:16 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Anatol Pomozov (anatolik)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

In the Ruby wiki page users are told to set GEM_HOME in order to avoid inconsistencies between `gem` and `bundler` (and also the issue with a user `~/.gemrc`).

This is because the rubygems project has refused to fix the problem for more than 10 years (for the first report of many see https://github.com/rubygems/bundler/issues/710).

The Arch Linux task  FS#68757  suggested to set GEM_HOME in /etc/profile.d, which is an easy and safe fix, but devolved into unnecessary personal attacks.

Another solution is to override `Gem.default_dir` by providing an operating_system.rb like Fedora does:

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rubygems/raw/rawhide/f/operating_system.rb

We don't need such an overly complicated code, I'm providing a simple version of operating_system.rb that fixes all the issues and works perfectly fine on my system.

With this there's no need for any /etc/gemrc.
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Closed by  Buggy McBugFace (bugbot)
Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:16 GMT
Reason for closing:  Moved
Additional comments about closing:  https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/p ackaging/packages/rubygems/issues/2
Comment by Buggy McBugFace (bugbot) - Tuesday, 08 August 2023, 19:11 GMT
This is an automated comment as this bug is open for more then 2 years. Please reply if you still experience this bug otherwise this issue will be closed after 1 month.
Comment by Alexandre ZANNI (noraj) - Monday, 04 September 2023, 10:41 GMT
What has been decided for this issue?

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