NOTE: RubyGems 1.1 and 1.2 have problems upgrading when there is no
rubygems-update installed. You will need to follow the second set of
update
instructions if you see “Nothing to update”.
Release 1.3.4 fixes some bugs and adds some features.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed various warnings
- Gem::ruby_version works correctly for 1.8 branch and trunk
- Prerelease gems now show up in
gem list
and can be used - Fixed option name for
gem setup --format-executable
- RubyGems now matches Ruby > 1.9.1 gem paths
- Gem::RemoteFetcher#download now works for explicit Windows paths
across
drives. Bug #25882 by Lars C. - Fix typo in Gem::Requirement#parse. Bug #26000 by Mike G…
Deprecation Notices:
- Bulk index update is no longer supported (the code currently
remains, but not
the tests) - Gem::manage_gems was removed in 1.3.3.
- Time::today was removed in 1.3.3.
For a full list of changes to RubyGems and the contributor for each
change, see
the ChangeLog file.
== How can I get RubyGems?
NOTE: If you have installed RubyGems using a package system you may
want to
install a new RubyGems through the same packaging system.
If you have a recent version of RubyGems (0.8.5 or later), then all
you need to do is:
$ gem update --system (you might need to be admin/root)
NOTE: RubyGems 1.1 and 1.2 have problems upgrading when there is no
rubygems-update installed. You will need to follow the second set of
update
instructions if you see “Nothing to update”.
NOTE: You may have to run the command twice if you have any previosly
installed rubygems-update gems.
If you have an older version of RubyGems installed, then you can still
do it in two steps:
$ gem install rubygems-update (again, might need to be admin/root)
$ update_rubygems (… here too)
If you don’t have any gems install, there is still the pre-gem
approach to getting software … doing it manually:
- DOWNLOAD FROM: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126
- UNPACK INTO A DIRECTORY AND CD THERE
- INSTALL WITH: ruby setup.rb (you may need admin/root privilege)
== To File Bugs
The RubyGems bug tracker can be found on RubyForge at:
http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=add&group_id=126&atid=575
When filing a bug, gem env
output will be helpful in diagnosing the
issue.
If you find a bug where RubyGems crashes, please provide debug output.
You can
do that with gem --debug the_command
.
== Thanks
Keep those gems coming!
– The RubyGems team