Hey all!
I''ve got an app on a shared host at the moment.
They load ruby gems into a dir onto my space: home/myusername/ruby/
gems/gems and recommend that you include this path by adding it to the
load_path like so:
$:.push("home/myusername/ruby/gems/gems")
My question is - is this the same as adding
config.load_paths += %w(home/myusername/ruby/gems/gems)
to the environment.rb file?
If so - cool!
If not, can anyone explain what the difference is?
Thanks
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On Apr 19, 8:29 pm, Gavin <ga...-YMj/zd8x6QpKMzDMP321V2ksYUyLi9NM@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hey all! > > I''ve got an app on a shared host at the moment. > > They load ruby gems into a dir onto my space: home/myusername/ruby/ > gems/gems and recommend that you include this path by adding it to the > load_path like so: > > $:.push("home/myusername/ruby/gems/gems") > > My question is - is this the same as adding > > config.load_paths += %w(home/myusername/ruby/gems/gems) > > to the environment.rb file? > > If so - cool! > If not, can anyone explain what the difference is? >No - $: (and the various other names it has) is using by ruby when you write require ''foo'' config.load_paths (which eventually gets stored in ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_paths) is the set of paths that is searched by rails'' magic loading stuff. Fred> Thanks--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Alrighty - thanks Fred Out of curiosity Fred - do you or anyone else reading have much experience with using RMagick on a shared host? Having a major headache trying to get rails to load the RMagick gem and my host''s technical help are not being so helpful Thanks Gavin On Apr 19, 8:45 pm, Frederick Cheung <frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On Apr 19, 8:29 pm, Gavin <ga...-YMj/zd8x6QpKMzDMP321V2ksYUyLi9NM@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Hey all! > > > I''ve got an app on a shared host at the moment. > > > They load ruby gems into a dir onto my space: home/myusername/ruby/ > > gems/gems and recommend that you include this path by adding it to the > > load_path like so: > > > $:.push("home/myusername/ruby/gems/gems") > > > My question is - is this the same as adding > > > config.load_paths += %w(home/myusername/ruby/gems/gems) > > > to the environment.rb file? > > > If so - cool! > > If not, can anyone explain what the difference is? > > No - $: (and the various other names it has) is using by ruby when you > write require ''foo'' > > config.load_paths (which eventually gets stored in > ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_paths) is the set of paths that is > searched by rails'' magic loading stuff. > > Fred > > > > > Thanks--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Not 100% sure what the difference is, but they''re both WRONG. Adding gem directories like that to the load path will only work for suitably small values of "work". Try the instructions here: http://blog.juliankamil.com/article/26/installing-your-own-ruby-gems-in-a-shared-hosting-environment to get this set up *correctly*. It might not seem like a big deal at first, but the method recommended by your provider will break if gems depend on other gems in your local repository. --Matt Jones On Apr 19, 3:29 pm, Gavin <ga...-YMj/zd8x6QpKMzDMP321V2ksYUyLi9NM@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hey all! > > I''ve got an app on a shared host at the moment. > > They load ruby gems into a dir onto my space: home/myusername/ruby/ > gems/gems and recommend that you include this path by adding it to the > load_path like so: > > $:.push("home/myusername/ruby/gems/gems") > > My question is - is this the same as adding > > config.load_paths += %w(home/myusername/ruby/gems/gems) > > to the environment.rb file? > > If so - cool! > If not, can anyone explain what the difference is? > > Thanks