# ANN: RubyGems 0.9.3 Released **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 11, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902 "2007-05-11T14:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/1 "2007-05-11T14:34:37Z")
= Announce: RubyGems Release 0.9.3 Release 0.9.3 is a maintenance release of RubyGems that fixes a problem with ZLib on Windows playforms. If you are experiencing “Buffer Error” problems with RubyGems, we recommend upgrading to RubyGems 0.9.3. Bug Fixes Include: The ZLib library on Windows will occasionally complains about a buffer error when unpacking gems. The Gems software has a workaround for that problem, but the workaround was only enabled for versions of ZLib 1.2.1 or earlier. We have received several reports of the error occuring with ZLib 1.2.3, so we have permanently enabled the work around on all versions. == What is RubyGems? RubyGems is a package management system for Ruby applications and libraries. RubyGems one command download makes installing Ruby software fun and enjoyable again. (Ok, not really.) Many gems are available for download from the RubyForge site. Browse the list of gems with a “gem list --remote” command and download what you need with a simple “gem install ”. RubyGems takes care of the details of installing, not only the gem you requested, but also any gems needed by the software you selected. == How can I get RubyGems? 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: 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: 1. DOWNLOAD FROM: [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=126](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126) 2. UNPACK INTO A DIRECTORY AND CD THERE 3. INSTALL WITH: ruby setup.rb all (you may need admin/root privilege) == What’s Next The next big thing on the plate is to integrate the local/remote gem logic and make the whole thing more consistent. == Thanks Major contributors to this release include: - Jamis B. (for discovering the ZLib problem). Keep those gems coming! – Jim & Chad (for the RubyGems team) ---
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/2 "2007-05-11T19:58:10Z")
On 5/11/07, Jim W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > The ZLib library on Windows will occasionally complains about a buffer > software fun and enjoyable again. (Ok, not really.) > you need to do is: > $ update\_rubygems (… here too) > The next big thing on the plate is to integrate the local/remote gem > – Jim & Chad (for the RubyGems team) > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Has the “clean” option, which would remove all the outdated versions, been removed with 0.9.3? It doesn’t show up in ‘gem help commands’ If this is, in fact, the case - and it has been removed… how does one perform the same action of removing all the outdated gems from the tree? ---
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/3 "2007-05-11T19:59:10Z")
On May 11, 2007, at 5:34 AM, Jim W. wrote: > = Announce: RubyGems Release 0.9.3 > > Release 0.9.3 is a maintenance release of RubyGems that fixes a > problem > with ZLib on Windows playforms. > > If you are experiencing “Buffer Error” problems with RubyGems, we > recommend upgrading to RubyGems 0.9.3. I’m not sure if it was intentional or not. But this release of rubygems does not have the ‘cleanup’ command anymore. What should we use instead of cleanup? ey00-s00289 ~ # gem --version 0.9.3 ey00-s00289 ~ # gem cleanup mongrel\_cluster ERROR: While executing gem … (RuntimeError) Unknown command cleanup This worked fine with rubygems 0.9.2 and prior. I will file a ticket in the tracker as well. Thanks – Ezra Z. – Lead Rails Evangelist – removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid – Engine Y., Serious Rails Hosting – (866) 518-YARD (9273) ---
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/4 "2007-05-12T15:17:36Z")
After updating (using “gem update --system”), I’m now getting this error when I attempt to install or update another gem: ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) undefined method `refresh’ for #Hash:0x14842a0 I’m using Ruby 1.8.4 on OS X. I tried the manual install, too (downloading and running setup.rb), but got the same behavior. While running setup.rb, the output ended as follows: Successfully built RubyGem Name: sources Version: 0.0.1 File: sources-0.0.1.gem Removing old RubyGems RDoc and ri… Installing rubygems-0.9.3 ri… lib/rubygems/command\_manager.rb:146:59: Skipping require of dynamic string: “rubygems/commands/#{command\_name}\_command” lib/rubygems/digest/md5.rb:16:15: Couldn’t find MD5. Assuming it’s a module lib/rubygems/gem\_commands.rb:192:49: Skipping require of dynamic string: “rubygems/commands/#{name}\_command” Installing rubygems-0.9.3 rdoc… lib/rubygems/command\_manager.rb:146:59: Skipping require of dynamic string: “rubygems/commands/#{command\_name}\_command” lib/rubygems/digest/md5.rb:16:15: Couldn’t find MD5. Assuming it’s a module lib/rubygems/gem\_commands.rb:192:49: Skipping require of dynamic string: “rubygems/commands/#{name}\_command” As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed. Searching $LOAD\_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a while)… …done. No library stubs found. I’m assuming the MD5 and “dynamic string” stuff is harmless, as it wasn’t treated as an error. Let me know if I should log a bug. dean ---
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/5 "2007-05-12T13:51:26Z")
On 11 mai 07, at 19:57, Ezra Z. wrote: > I’m not sure if it was intentional or not. But this release of > rubygems does not have the ‘cleanup’ command anymore. I’m pretty sure it was not intentional. Having a look at the diff between r1220 and r1222 I would say that it was just an involuntary omission: \<[http://viewvc.rubyforge.mmmultiworks.com/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/lib/](http://viewvc.rubyforge.mmmultiworks.com/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/lib/) rubygems/command\_manager.rb?root=rubygems&r1=1220&r2=1222\> And by the way, there are already 4 duplicates of this bug in the rubygems tracker (eh, I added the third one before realising there were already two of them ;)) so no need to add more… ---
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/6 "2007-05-14T17:12:37Z")
Luc H. wrote: > I’m pretty sure it was not intentional. Having a look at the diff > between r1220 and r1222 I would say that it was just an involuntary > omission: Yep. It was unintentional. We will get a fix in soon and make a new release probably after RailsConf. – Jim ---
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/7 "2007-05-15T03:06:26Z")
Jim W. wrote: > Luc H. wrote: > > > I’m pretty sure it was not intentional. Having a look at the diff > > between r1220 and r1222 I would say that it was just an involuntary > > omission: > > Yep. It was unintentional. We will get a fix in soon and make a new > release probably after RailsConf. > > – Jim I’ve updated to the new version, but I still get buffer errors at times. Seems to be mostly due to windows file modes not being binary by default. For example, index\_gem\_repository.rb fails to write “yaml.Z” on windows, and also fails to read it in for #paranoid (File.read is no good for binary files either). ---
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/8 "2007-05-16T13:57:12Z")
On May 11, 8:34 am, Jim W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > = Announce: RubyGems Release 0.9.3 now I get this doing an update; Updating installed gems… Attempting remote update of rake ERROR: While executing gem … (ArgumentError) install directory #\ not absolute filed a bug on the tracker. none of my gems will now update. -stu ---
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/9 "2007-09-19T20:21:44Z")
I have the same error: Successfully built RubyGem Name: sources Version: 0.0.1 File: sources-0.0.1.gem Removing old RubyGems RDoc and ri… Installing rubygems-0.9.4 ri… Installing rubygems-0.9.4 rdoc… As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed. Searching $LOAD\_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a while)… …done. No library stubs found. I’m using RubyGems 0.9.4 on MacOsX with ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [powerpc-darwin8.10.0] Error example: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:304:in `report\_activate\_error’: Could not find RubyGem nanoc (\> 0) (Gem::LoadError) ---
**Author:** ![jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jimweirich](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimweirich)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-rubygems-0-9-3-released/103902/10 "2007-09-20T05:02:03Z")
On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:21, Sglez Fms wrote: > As of RubyGems 0.8.0, library stubs are no longer needed. > Searching $LOAD\_PATH for stubs to optionally delete (may take a > while)… > …done. > No library stubs found. I don’t see any errors here. > I’m using RubyGems 0.9.4 on MacOsX with ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 > patchlevel 0) [powerpc-darwin8.10.0] > > Error example: > /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:304:in > `report\_activate\_error’: Could not find RubyGem nanoc (\> 0) > (Gem::LoadError) Do you have the gem installed? (gem list will say so)