On Fri, 12 Mar 2021, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 3/12/21 2:28 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > possibly off-topic as it likely applies to other linux distros, but > > i'm diving into ruby and i'm well aware that if i install, say, > > vagrant, it comes with a pile of rubygem dependencies: > > > > Installing: > > vagrant noarch 2.2.9-3.fc33 fedora > > 572 k > > Installing dependencies: > > bsdtar x86_64 3.5.1-1.fc33 updates > > 65 k > > rubygem-childprocess noarch 1.0.1-6.fc33 fedora > > 60 k > > rubygem-domain_name noarch 0.5.20190701-3.fc33 fedora > > 53 k > > rubygem-erubis noarch 2.7.0-23.fc33 fedora > > 39 k > > rubygem-ffi x86_64 1.12.1-3.fc33 fedora > > 106 k > > rubygem-fog-libvirt noarch 0.7.0-3.fc33 fedora > > 33 k > > ... etc etc ... > > > > fair enough, but is there any effect from personally installing > > any of those ruby gems using "gem install"? if i install ruby gems > > as a regular user, they get planted under ~/.gem/..., but i assume > > those are not taken into account when i'm installing vagrant. > > > > on the other hand, if i install (as root) a gem using "gem > > install" under /usr/share/gems, will the install process take that > > into account? > > Nothing that you install outside of rpm will be visible to dnf. It > will still pull all those dependencies. It should work the other > way though. Any rpm gems you install should be visible to the ruby > installer. i assumed as much, just wondered whether there was some weird, sophisticated subtlety i was unaware of. rday _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure