# Fix for Inability to \`gem update --system\`

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fix-for-inability-to-gem-update-system/188807>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [May 18, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fix-for-inability-to-gem-update-system/188807 "2010-05-18T19:12:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fix-for-inability-to-gem-update-system/188807/1 "2010-05-18T19:12:32Z")

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I’ve got a fix that will allow IronRuby to update RubyGems. It’s a  
refinement of the technique here:  
[http://marcinobel.com/index.php/bug-invalid-exec\_format-ir/comment-page-1/#comment-428](http://marcinobel.com/index.php/bug-invalid-exec_format-ir/comment-page-1/#comment-428)

Judging by the source of RubyGems, and the RubyGems source distributed  
with  
JRuby, this is an override within RubyGems that is provided by the Ruby  
implementation.

What do I need to do to get this into the Ruby Gems source that is  
distributed with IronRuby?

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**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fix-for-inability-to-gem-update-system/188807/2 "2010-05-18T21:15:30Z")

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Yup, that’s the fix!

The process outlined here:  
[http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/contributing](http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/contributing) is still valid,  
yes?

–  
Will G.  
[http://hotgazpacho.org/](http://hotgazpacho.org/)

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Jimmy S. \<

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**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fix-for-inability-to-gem-update-system/188807/3 "2010-05-18T20:37:26Z")

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You’re talking about rubygems/defaults/ironruby.rb? The normal  
contribution process would do just fine; the version of rubygems we  
redist is in external.lca\_restricted/languages/ruby/redist-libs.

~Jimmy

On May 18, 2010, at 10:14 AM, “Will G.”  
\<removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> wrote:

I’ve got a fix that will allow IronRuby to update RubyGems. It’s a  
refinement of the technique here:  
[http://marcinobel.com/index.php/bug-invalid-exec\_format-ir/comment-page-1/#comment-428](http://marcinobel.com/index.php/bug-invalid-exec_format-ir/comment-page-1/#comment-428)  
[http://marcinobel.com/index.php/bug-invalid-exec\_format-ir/comment-page-1/#comment-428](http://marcinobel.com/index.php/bug-invalid-exec_format-ir/comment-page-1/#comment-428)

Judging by the source of RubyGems, and the RubyGems source distributed  
with JRuby, this is an override within RubyGems that is provided by the  
Ruby implementation.

What do I need to do to get this into the Ruby Gems source that is  
distributed with IronRuby?

–  
Will G.  
[http://hotgazpacho.org/](http://hotgazpacho.org/)[http://hotgazpacho.org/](http://hotgazpacho.org/)

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