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> The nail in the coffin for me with PEAR is one of the biggest bug bears of the Gem system: system-wide installation. If I want to use a specific package, whic
by jasonlotito 15y ago
> The nail in the coffin for me with PEAR is one of the biggest bug bears of the Gem system: system-wide installation. If I want to use a specific package, which requires a newer version of an already installed package, then I have to update it on my whole installation. That means an application I have not touched in weeks might break next time I try loading it on my local box. WAT?
No, you don't. You can have a system wide installation, but you can also install local copies that are just used for certain apps, and it can be managed using pear.
- apinstein 15y agoCorrect. We have been using sandboxed PEAR repos as part of our deployment for a long time. One of our devs even wrote a PEAR app called "comice" that allows you to easily create a sandbox and use it from the CLI. https://github.com/ardell/comice https://github.com/ardell/comice