# Gem cleanup and "dependencies will not be met"

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-cleanup-and-dependencies-will-not-be-met/172038>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 13, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-cleanup-and-dependencies-will-not-be-met/172038 "2009-07-13T18:47:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-cleanup-and-dependencies-will-not-be-met/172038/1 "2009-07-13T18:47:24Z")

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Is there a way to run ‘gem cleanup’ so that this question:

If you remove this gems, one or more dependencies will not be met.  
Continue with Uninstall? [Yn]

is automatically answered in the negative? Why is Y the default, anyway?  
wouldn’t that break deps?

Thanks for any advice…

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**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-cleanup-and-dependencies-will-not-be-met/172038/2 "2009-07-13T21:01:14Z")

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From: Joel VanderWerf [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Reply-To: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:44:40 -0700  
To: ruby-talk ML [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Subject: gem cleanup and “dependencies will not be met”

Is there a way to run ‘gem cleanup’ so that this question:

If you remove this gems, one or more dependencies will not be met.  
Continue with Uninstall? [Yn]

is automatically answered in the negative? Why is Y the default, anyway?  
wouldn’t that break deps?

Thanks for any advice…

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**Author:** ![Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Joel\_VanderWerf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Joel_VanderWerf)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-cleanup-and-dependencies-will-not-be-met/172038/3 "2009-07-14T03:59:11Z")

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> Thanks for any advice…

Hack it in and submit a patch to the rubygems fellas 🙂

Sorry couldn’t resist

=r