From: Jeff Cohen <cohen.jeff@...>
Date: 2006-07-11T03:46:31+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.8.4 One-Click deletes my Rails gems!

James Britt wrote:
> This was discussed on ruby-talk a few times as Curt was released RC
> versions of the installer.

Sorry I missed it somehow.


> The installer should have made it clear that it was going to obliterate
> your entire ruby installation destination directory (typically c:\ruby).
>   That happens to be a parent of where gems go, so they are deleted as
> well if you are reusing the same location.

When I ran the OCI, it prompted me to uninstall 1.8.2, and it didn't 
cross my mind that I was about to blow away all of my gems, too.

I wonder if I could have said No to that prompt, if it would have simply 
overwritten the old files.

Argh.

Thanks anyway.

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