From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-07-17T22:28:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Building Ruby From Source?

Hi --

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Tim Apple wrote:

> I am new to Ruby, but fairly used to Linux. I was wondering if those
> developing on Linux compile ruby, gems, and any other libs you may use from
> source, or do you use the premade packages provided by your distro? Just
> curious...

I always compile Ruby from source, partly just to have control over
exactly what I've got and partly as a vote of no-confidence in some of
the silly packaging practices (splitting Ruby up into separate
packages).


David

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