From: Paul van Tilburg <paulvt@...>
Date: 2005-05-05T07:31:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Debian: coexistence of debs and gems?

On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 03:14:52PM +0900, Michael Schuerig wrote:
> Installing RubyGems is quick and easy, but from there on, I'm stuck with
> two problems:
> 
> * Files from gems are installed below /usr where they get intermixed
> with files from regular debian packages. I'd much prefer gems being
> installed below /usr/local.

A libgems-ruby/rubygems package is currently in preparation (by Daigo
Woriwaki) and I am checking it out for uploading/sponsoring it.
There are however some outstanding issues (see your point below).
See also: 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-ruby/2005/01/msg00017.html

> * RubyGems does its own dependency management and is ignorant of
> anything installed as debian packages. As an effect, when I try to
> install a gem that depends on Rails, RubyGems wants to install the
> Rails gem, even though Rails is already installed.

This has been discussed on the Debian Ruby list before,
please refer to:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-ruby/2005/02/msg00009.html

> Is there a way to make these to package managers play nicely?

The conclusion is, is that it is very hard, but there might be a
solution out there.

Greetings,

Paul

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