# Site-specific.rb?

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/site-specific-rb/41977>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [7 November 2007 03:30 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/site-specific-rb/41977 "2007-11-07T03:30:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Giles\_Bowkett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Giles\_Bowkett](https://rubytalk.org/u/Giles_Bowkett)\
**Post date:** [7 November 2007 03:30 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/site-specific-rb/41977/1 "2007-11-07T03:30:41Z")

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I found a strange animal hiding in my Mac:

/opt/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/site-specific.rb

What is this mysterious beast?

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> Giles Bowkett
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**Author:** ![Jon\_Hawkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jon\_Hawkins](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jon_Hawkins)\
**Post date:** [7 November 2007 04:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/site-specific-rb/41977/2 "2007-11-07T04:05:14Z")

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Giles Bowkett wrote:

> I found a strange animal hiding in my Mac:
> 
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/site-specific.rb
> 
> What is this mysterious beast?

after some brief googling, it appears to just be a patch for ruby 1.8.5,  
regarding what? no idea, would have to look at the source code when i  
get home tonight.

- Mac

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**Author:** ![James\_Britt3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@James\_Britt3](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Britt3)\
**Post date:** [7 November 2007 04:21 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/site-specific-rb/41977/3 "2007-11-07T04:21:52Z")

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Giles Bowkett wrote:

> I found a strange animal hiding in my Mac:
> 
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/site-specific.rb
> 
> What is this mysterious beast?

What happens if you delete it?

🙂

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> James Britt
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> "Discover the recipes you are using and abandon them."  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;- Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt, Oblique Strategies

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**Author:** ![Giles\_Bowkett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Giles\_Bowkett](https://rubytalk.org/u/Giles_Bowkett)\
**Post date:** [8 November 2007 04:12 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/site-specific-rb/41977/4 "2007-11-08T04:12:10Z")

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What? Didn't you read LOTR? Killing things to find out what they are  
is not the path of wisdom, quoth Gandalf. I only want to know if I  
should admire it close up, like a rose, or from far away, like a  
tiger.

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> On 11/6/07, James Britt \<james.britt@gmail.com\> wrote:
> 
> > Giles Bowkett wrote:  
> > \> I found a strange animal hiding in my Mac:  
> > \>  
> > \> /opt/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/site-specific.rb  
> > \>  
> > \> What is this mysterious beast?
> > 
> > What happens if you delete it?
> > 
> > 🙂
> 
> --  
> Giles Bowkett
> 
> Blog: [http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com](http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)  
> Portfolio: [http://www.gilesgoatboy.org](http://www.gilesgoatboy.org)  
> Tumblelog: [http://giles.tumblr.com/](http://giles.tumblr.com/)