From: Erik Veenstra Date: 2005-03-28T16:54:49+09:00 Subject: RUBYOPT="rubygems" doesn't feel good... When you set RUBYOPT to "rubygems", library ubygems is automatically required before starting the application. You don't have to do a require of (r)ubygems in the application itself anymore. If the application doesn't require rubygems internally, it can only run in an environment in which RUBYOPT is set to "rubygems". What happens when such an application is shipped to a machine which does have rubygems and the right gems, (so it should be able to run perfectly), but doesn't have RUBYOPT set to require rubygems? The only solution to get such an application to work (out of the box) is to set RUBYOPT as well, which does affect the other applications... It just doesn't feel good... gegroet, Erik V.