My question is, why does rubygems on Ubuntu not add /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin to $PATH ?
I see in the
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RubyOnRails#Installing%20RubyGems
page that it says you have to add it yourself, but I don’t understand why there is an extra step.
Testing it on a Debian system, rubygems does does not make the modification to $PATH automatically.
I’m wondering if this is a bug, or if I’m misunderstanding something – I know Ubuntu and Debian have many differences, perhaps this is just one of them.
I posted the question to answers.launchpad.net but have not yet gotten any response.
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gems/+bug/145267. Basically, the Ubuntu team has known about this problem for years, but a bunch of infighting has prevented any progress from being made.