From: Suraj Kurapati <snk@...>
Date: 2008-07-01T07:37:25+09:00
Subject: Re: using gems without installing them (like jar files)

Eric Hodel wrote:
> Instead you can do:
> 
> gem install -i ~/tmp/gems foo
> GEM_HOME=~/tmp/gems ruby my_foo_using_program.rb
> rm -r ~/tmp/gems

Awesome!  Did not know about GEM_HOME.

>> If gem files in the load path can be treated as a virtual file system
>> (VFS) then this should be possible, no?
> 
> Somebody would need to write that code, but it would only work for
> gems without extensions to be compiled, and would not generate useful
> documentation.

Those limitations are acceptable for me, as I'm trying to use pure-Ruby 
gems anyway.  I'll try to write the VFS code during this holiday weekend 
and submit a patch next week.

Cheers.
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