From: Rob Mauchel <rmauchel@...>
Date: 2008-07-26T00:09:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Multiple GEM repositories

Eric Hodel wrote:
> On Jul 24, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Rob Mauchel wrote:
>> So, in the end, you were right Eric! (Though it wasn't necessary,  
>> for me
>> at least, to set GEM_HOME to anything, presumably because the CPanel
>> Ruby Gem Installer takes care of that.)
> 
> I recommend setting GEM_HOME so you don't have to think about what
> `gem install` will try to do.  It is not used for activating gems.

Sorry, but I think you're missing my point. I don't have the privileges 
to open a terminal on the server (instead using CPanel's UI for 
configuring the CronJob I referred to at the beginning of this topic 
discussion), so I don't/wouldn't manually run 'gem install' on the 
server manually/directly. CPanel's Gem Installer is pre-configured with 
UI that allows you to see what gems are installed in the web server's 
global repository and only allows you to install new gems into your 
personal local repository.

So not only do I not have to think about what 'gem install' will do, I 
have no control over it in the first place.
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