On Nov 6, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Mark Fredrickson wrote:
Would you mind explaining this a little more? It is not clear to me why (as a developer just starting to use Ruby) I would want to get my libraries from MacPorts instead directly from rubyforge or another gem server. In a similar vein, should MacPorts replace CPAN (Perl) or PEAR (PHP)?
It gives you one system for controlling (and updating) added software on your machine. It also helps keep everything in ${prefix} (/opt/local) under MacPorts control. -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dluke@geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+