Curt Hibbs wrote:

>> > Ryan Leavengood just added code to the installer script to check for
>> this
>> > condition, so starting with the next release, the installer won't let
>> > you do
>> > this.
>>
>> What is "this"?  Install to the same directory as a previous version?
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, it won't let you install over a previous installation.
> 
> If one installs to a new location, what happens to the gems, etc.,
> 
>> installed under the previous Ruby?
> 
> 
> 
> you'd have to reinstall the gems.

Wow.    Painful.

:(

This used to not be a problem; what changed, and what would be needed to 
allow for in-place upgrades?



-- 
James Britt

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  for machines to execute."
   - H. Abelson and G. Sussman
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