From: Tim Pease <tim.pease@...>
Date: 2007-02-04T06:38:16+09:00
Subject: gem issue

I'm working on Ruby program that will have a resource directory for
storing configuration, logging information, etc.  I've used the
__END__ and DATA  trick in my main ruby program to store some sane
defaults for the resources directory if this is the first time the
program has been run by a user.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'mylib'

unless File.exist?(ENV['HOME'] + '.myrc')
  File.open(ENV['HOME'] + '.myrc/defaults', 'w') do |fd|
    fd.write DATA.readlines
  end
end

# use defaults here

__END__
hash_key_1 : 1
hash_key_2 : 2
etc              : and some more


This works very well when my application is run directly.  But when
installed via gems a new ruby script is created that loads my
executable script :(  This causes the __END__ keyword in my ruby
script to stop working, and the DATA constant is not set.

Is there a way to tell the gem installer "Hey, quit being so smart and
just install my executable file without wrappering it with your own
ruby script".

Blessings,
TwP