SYNOPSIS

bundle package

DESCRIPTION

Copy all of the .gem files needed to run the application into the vendor/cache directory. In the future, when running bundle install(1) bundle-install.1.html, use the gems in the cache in preference to the ones on rubygems.org.

GIT AND PATH GEMS

In Bundler 1.0, the bundle package command only packages .gem files, not gems specified using the :git or :path options. This will likely change in the future.

REMOTE FETCHING

By default, if you simply run bundle install(1) bundle-install.1.html after running bundle package(1) bundle-package.1.html, bundler will still connect to rubygems.org to check whether a platform-specific gem exists for any of the gems in vendor/cache.

For instance, consider this Gemfile(5):

source "http://rubygems.org"
gem "nokogiri"

If you run bundle package under C Ruby, bundler will retrieve the version of nokogiri for the "ruby" platform. If you deploy to JRuby and run bundle install, bundler is forced to check to see whether a "java" platformed nokogiri exists.

Even though the nokogiri gem for the Ruby platform is technically acceptable on JRuby, it actually has a C extension that does not run on JRuby. As a result, bundler will, by default, still connect to rubygems.org to check whether it has a version of one of your gems more specific to your platform.

This problem is also not just limited to the "java" platform. A similar (common) problem can happen when developing on Windows and deploying to Linux, or even when developing on OSX and deploying to Linux.

If you know for sure that the gems packaged in vendor/cache are appropriate for the platform you are on, you can run bundle install --local to skip checking for more appropriate gems, and just use the ones in vendor/cache.

One way to be sure that you have the right platformed versions of all your gems is to run bundle package on an identical machine and check in the gems. For instance, you can run bundle package on an identical staging box during your staging process, and check in the vendor/cache before deploying to production.