From: Mike Harris <GENIE@...>
Date: 2007-01-30T01:27:06+09:00
Subject: Re: "ungem" script

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.
>
>  
>
Could you not just install with RubyGems and then invoke the absolute 
path of the file manually, instead of requiring or using the RubyGems 
bin wrapper?