From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2006-12-22T08:42:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Remove Ruby 1.8.5?

On 12/21/06, Vincent Fourmond <vincent.fourmond@9online.fr> wrote:
> David Vallner wrote:
> > M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> >> So the only reason for a direct
> >> download and install of Ruby 1.8.5 is if you actually want to hack upon
> >> Ruby itself.
> >>
> >
> > Or avoid the searing pain that is Debian deconstructivism.
>
>   Could you state precisely what you mean under this ? As I participate
> to debian developing, there might be things I could help with in here ;-)

:~$ dpkg -l |grep ruby
ii  libdbm-ruby1.8 1.8.4-5        DBM interface for Ruby 1.8
ii  libgdbm-ruby1. 1.8.4-5        GDBM interface for Ruby 1.8
ii  libruby1.8     1.8.4-5        Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.8
ii  libruby1.8-dbg 1.8.4-5        Debugging symbols for Ruby 1.8
ii  libtcltk-ruby1 1.8.4-5        Tcl/Tk interface for Ruby 1.8
ii  ruby1.8        1.8.4-5        Interpreter of object-oriented scripting lan
ii  ruby1.8-dev    1.8.4-5        Header files for compiling extension modules
ii  ruby1.8-elisp  1.8.4-5        ruby-mode for Emacsen
ii  ruby1.8-exampl 1.8.4-5        Examples for Ruby 1.8