[Rubygems-developers] [ rubygems-Bugs-28993 ] "gem uninstall" and --format-executable

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Bugs item #28993, was opened at 2011-02-24 09:57
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Category: `gem install` command
Group: None
>Status: Closed
Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Sven Schwyn (svoop)
Assigned to: Ryan Davis (zenspider)
>Summary: "gem uninstall" and --format-executable

Initial Comment:
I'm observing the following issue on my Gentoo box with several Rubies (MRI 1.8 and 1.9) installed:

cat /etc/gemrc
  ---
  gem: --format-executable

gem19 install rake

ls /usr/local/bin
  rake19           # executable installed by Rubygems
  rake -> rake19   # convenience symlink is created by Gentoo

gem uninstall rake

ls /usr/local/bin
  rake19

Apparently, the "gem uninstall" command does not honor --format-executable.

Wouldn't it be a more consistent behavior if the versioned (or formatted) executable were uninstalled? (Gentoo would then take care of the dead symlink.)


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>Comment By: Eric Hodel (drbrain)
Date: 2011-03-01 23:44

Message:
This is fixed by 1.6.0

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