On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu / ruby-lang.org> wrote: > Hi, > > What is the reason that bin is needed in $LOAD_PATH? ¨ÂÆÁÉË> bin directory is for executable files, but not for libraries. > I believe that it's required because of the way the commands installed with a gem typically bootstrap via a short ruby program which requires rubygems and then loads the real command from the bin directory in the required version of the gem. I wouldn't be at all surprised if removing the gems bin directory from the load path would break most if not all such gem installed commands. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale