Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:43:05 -0700 From: "Aaron D. Gifford" <astounding@gmail.com> To: ruby@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What changed? (gem command missing in 1.9) Message-ID: <CAGDxMR4P3TiJkTkk4o=gTW5-Hj6my2bsgc9j6aX=EwanPJ0MNw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111111143115.5bf5d195.stas@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAGDxMR66_1GexKFbN2bu9%2B-T%2BrxJ-UHW5WsfLJQvqMG7M=m66A@mail.gmail.com> <20111111143115.5bf5d195.stas@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi! > > The gem version distributed in ruby 1.9 is too old for some ports, > so FreeBSD uses the rubygem from ports instead. =A0To get the gem > command back just install the ruby-gems port. > > -- > Stanislav Sedov > ST4096-RIPE > > () =A0ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ =A0www.asciiribbon.org =A0 - against proprietary attachments Thanks for the timely reply. That's exactly what I did after posting my question--I installed the gems port and the rake port (rake suddenly disappeared as well). Please forgive me now as I express my frustration and dislike over the sudden disappearance of executables: <vent> I quite DISLIKE this as the "solution". Updating ports and rebuilding the same version of a port that's been in the tree for a long time SHOULD NOT suddenly remove a common executable that those relying on the port have come to expect to be present WITHOUT A BIG GIANT IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE WARNING while building or installing the port. This breaks so many automated scripts I have. How I get to update each one to check for the additional ports. UGH!!!! I HATE IT! I much prefer to update gems and rake on my own systems NOT using FreeBSD ports using "gem update --system && gem update" </vent> Thank you for your time and thank you for permitting me to vent on this top= ic. Sincerely, Aaron Gifford
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