From: Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs@...>
Date: 2006-07-11T06:43:17+09:00
Subject: Re: 1.8.4 One-Click deletes my Rails gems!

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On 7/10/06, Jeff Cohen <cohen.jeff@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.


I'm sorry... I just now (in response to this) changed the installer script
to make this explicit.

Curt

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