From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2009-07-14T10:53:44+09:00
Subject: Re: (just) retrieve and unpack a gem

geistteufel wrote:
> cd /tmp
> GEM_HOME=$PWD GEM_PATH=$PWD gem install PACKAGE
> So look in cache directory. All gem is there.
> Just do gem unpack GEM and done !
> System is protected ! You can do it as user to be sure of that.

Won't that still install bin stuff? For example, gem install rake.

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