JRuby masterplan for F19 - RFC

[Vít Ondruch]

Dne 12.12.2012 18:36, Miroslav Suchý napsal(a):
> On 11/29/2012 09:43 AM, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote:
>> - Two connected problems: 1) RPM generates auto provides from 
>> shebangs, e.g. #!/usr/bin/ruby will automatically require ruby 
>> package; 2) How to run programs with #!/usr/bin/ruby shebangs under 
>> JRuby?
>
> We already have mechanism for that:
>
> /etc/alternatives/*
> update-alternatives(8)
>
> /usr/bin/ruby will be symlink to /etc/alternatives/ruby, which will be 
> symlink to /usr/bin/jruby or /usr/bin/ruby19 (previously known as 
> /usr/bin/ruby).
> And let update-alternatives manage the defaults.

Yes, we have, but you need to have root privileges to use them. That is 
not cool. We believe that something like this script [1] could make 
better service.


Vít



[1] https://github.com/bkabrda/multiruby/blob/master/ruby