From: Rein Henrichs <reinh@...>
Date: 2010-06-23T16:30:08+09:00
Subject: Re: print gem VERSION from ruby program

On 2010-06-22 11:38:09 -0700, Roger Pack said:

> , note that File.open("../VERSION") fails since
>> it tries to check in the parent of the dir where user currently is
>> running the app from.
> 
> File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../VERSION")

Roger, you shouldn't depend on files outside of the lib/ dir when 
bundling your library as a gem. This was a problem for Rack for a while 
as some tools will move the lib dir out and break your relative path.
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