[BUILDR-112] Using a user gem repository with 'rake setup'

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.3
• Component/s: Core features
• Environment: Trunk revision 680587.; Ubuntu
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Antoine Contal
• Created: 29/Jul/08 15:58
• Updated: 04/Aug/08 11:49
• Resolved: 29/Jul/08 19:30

Description

On a linux system, a user can create his own gem repository by setting the GEM_HOME environment variable (e.g./home/lacton/local/opt/gemrepository). This way, this user does not need root access to install and update gems.

'rake setup' assumes that users on linux will be sudoers and that they will use the root gem repository, even though the user may have set his GEM_HOME.

I propose that 'rake setup' does not call 'sudo' if GEM_HOME is set.