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From: kallisti5@unixzen.com
To: ruby-core@ruby-lang.org
Subject: [ruby-core:71633] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11731] Make ruby gem install to user-directory by default
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 22:56:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <redmine.journal-55033.20151122225640.6b43e43454988198@ruby-lang.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: redmine.issue-11731.20151122203028@ruby-lang.org

Issue #11731 has been updated by Alexander von Gluck.


yeah, the large number of workarounds show this is a pretty default workflow for people. Thus raises the question on why it isn't the default behavior.

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Feature #11731: Make ruby gem install to user-directory by default
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11731#change-55033

* Author: Alexander von Gluck
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
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Installing gem's system-wide doesn't make sense 99% of the time...

* Linux -- Need root access via sudo
* Windows -- Need administrator
* Max OS X -- Need root access via sudo
* Haiku -- /boot/system read-only

gem currently installs gems system-wide by default

Since the most common use-case is to install gems for your own
user, why doesn't gem --user-directory by default?

Tools like rvm already set this manually.

Making --user-directory default means package maintainers only
need to --no-user-directory while everyone else just gem install's



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-11-23 23:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <redmine.issue-11731.20151122203028@ruby-lang.org>
2015-11-22 20:30 ` [ruby-core:71630] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11731] [Open] Make ruby gem install to user-directory by default kallisti5
2015-11-22 20:56 ` [ruby-core:71631] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11731] " kallisti5
2015-11-22 21:40 ` [ruby-core:71632] " mike
2015-11-22 22:56 ` kallisti5 [this message]
2015-11-22 23:12   ` [ruby-core:71634] " Matthew Kerwin
2015-11-22 23:44 ` [ruby-core:71636] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11731] Make ruby gem install to user-install " kallisti5
2015-11-22 23:52 ` [ruby-core:71637] " kallisti5
2015-11-23  1:01 ` [ruby-core:71638] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11731] [Third Party's Issue] " nobu
2015-11-23 16:44 ` [ruby-core:71643] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11731] " kallisti5

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