From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2007-01-29T23:54:38+09:00
Subject: Re: "ungem" script


On Jan 29, 2007, at 8:52 AM, sean wrote:

> Before I go off and write something, has anyone here already written a
> script to turn an installed gem into an ordinary installed module?
> While more and more modules are available only via rubygems, gems
> introduce significant runtime overhead for short-lived commands (see
> e.g. <http://eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?fastri>).  Also, IM(very)HO  
> there's
> just something deeply wrong with a package manager inflicting  
> itself at
> program runtime and not just installation time.

You are probably looking for 'gem unpack', but it may still have a  
bit of a (recently introduced) problem:

https://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php? 
func=detail&aid=7980&group_id=126&atid=575

-Rob

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