From: Tim Hunter <cyclists@...>
Date: 2002-11-19T09:07:55+09:00
Subject: Re: install.rb/setup.rb question

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:01:29 +0900, Jim Freeze wrote:

> 
> Yes.
> Overall, it depends on /usr/bin/env existing. From what I can tell, it seems
> ubiquitous(sp?).  If your environment is somewhat controlled, it
> is a great solution. If your environment is not controlled, it is a good
> solution. One plus is, that you can change your path to point
> to a different install of Ruby and it will automatically use
> the right version. However, if the path in hardcoded in the shebang
> operator, then you are stuck with using the ruby that it points
> to.
> (Using env also lets you control environment variables.)

Just as a data point, it does NOT work on my vanilla Mandrake 9.0
system.