From: Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@...>
Date: 2009-01-29T14:28:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Rubygems and ~/.gem

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Michael Fellinger
<m.fellinger@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been very happy to see the latest improvments in rubygems
> regarding installation of both 1.9.1 and 1.8.x gems in my home
> directory, but there are still a few rough edges.
> I have not found any configuration to disable the warning that is
> issued every time i do `gem install` about rubygems not being able to
> write to `/usr/bin` and `/usr/lib/ruby/gems/...`
>
> Changing the line installer.rb:50 to
>  @home_install_warning = false

@home_install_warning = true

That is, sorry :)

>
> Fixed that problem for me, would be nice if that was an option in
> ~/.gemrc so i don't have to do it for every version of ruby 1.9 or
> rubygems i install.
> Now it still seems as if `gem cleanup` wants to clean up somewhere
> outside my home and fails.
>
> GEM_HOME=~/.gem/ruby/1.8 gem cleanup
>
> Fixes this problem, here as well, an option or better default would be nice.
>
> Thanks for the last release, I love how rubygems progresses,
> ^ manveru