From: Mathieu Blondel <mblondel@...>
Date: 2007-10-31T07:13:32+09:00
Subject: Re: clarification of ruby libraries installation paths?

Mathieu Blondel wrote:
> Austin Ziegler wrote:
>>> Distros probably configure Ruby with --prefix=/usr. The default 
>>> value of
>>> --with-sitedir in Ruby's configure is PREFIX/lib/ruby/site_ruby. With
>>> --with-sitedir left as is, a third-party lib installed manually would
>>> thus end up in /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby. This is clearly unwanted.
>>>     
>>
>> This is where we stop agreeing. I don't see why it's "clearly
>> unwanted." site_ruby is for site-specific installations that aren't
>> part of the Ruby core distribution (as defined by the tarball, IMO).
>>  
If you're considering the meaning of "site" (meaning "local"), it only 
makes sense to have /usr/local/.../site_ruby/. Actually, this is 
redundant to have "local" and "site_ruby" in the same path. There 
shouldn't exist a directory /usr/.../site_ruby since traditionally 
nothing that is site-specific goes to /usr/. A vendor-ruby option to 
Ruby's configure is being suggested for that purpose.


Mathieu Blondel