[SVN] Why does TM_RUBY default to /usr/bin/ruby?

Chris Thomas chris at cjack.com
Thu Nov 16 19:50:40 UTC 2006


On Nov 16, 2006, at 2:36 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Nov 16, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Chris Thomas wrote:
>
>> (That said, those systems are broken and should be reinstalled.  
>> When things normally shipped with the system get munged, various  
>> other parts of the system and/or third-party apps stop working or  
>> start behaving mysteriously. Modifying Apple-installed binaries is  
>> a really bad idea. </rant>)
>
> I completely agree, but Apple ships a broken Ruby with Tiger which  
> definitely complicates the issue a bit.  :(

I know -- I filed a bug prior to Tiger GM. But it would still be much  
less risky to install a fresh Ruby in /usr/local rather than 'fixing'  
the standard install.

Chris



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