Rubygems: OK to have symbolic links in the gem distribution?

Question

I am the author of the gem. Is it good to have symbolic links in gem files or will it break on Windows?

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Jo liss 01 Apr 12 at 20:46

1 answer

joelparkerhenderson · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-01T21:06:20+0000

You need to specify the paths completely and not use symbolic links.

If your gems should find files, have a look at these:

 File.join
 Pathname
 the variable __FILE__