# Gem update - Doing multiple updates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 2, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-doing-multiple-updates/139273 "2008-06-02T14:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-doing-multiple-updates/139273/1 "2008-06-02T14:54:11Z")
I just did a gem update to update to the latest Rails (2.1), and I noticed that the update command looks like it updated the same gems multiple times: (on WinXP - not my normal system) Updating installed gems Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) Updating actionmailer Bulk updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/) Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Updating activerecord Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Successfully installed activerecord-2.1.0 Updating activeresource Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Successfully installed activerecord-2.1.0 Successfully installed activeresource-2.1.0 Updating net-scp Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Successfully installed activerecord-2.1.0 Successfully installed activeresource-2.1.0 Successfully installed net-ssh-2.0.2 Successfully installed net-scp-1.0.1 Updating net-sftp Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Successfully installed activerecord-2.1.0 Successfully installed activeresource-2.1.0 Successfully installed net-ssh-2.0.2 Successfully installed net-scp-1.0.1 Successfully installed net-sftp-2.0.1 Updating rails Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Successfully installed activerecord-2.1.0 Successfully installed activeresource-2.1.0 Successfully installed net-ssh-2.0.2 Successfully installed net-scp-1.0.1 Successfully installed net-sftp-2.0.1 Successfully installed rails-2.1.0 Updating sqlite3-ruby Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Successfully installed activerecord-2.1.0 Successfully installed activeresource-2.1.0 Successfully installed net-ssh-2.0.2 Successfully installed net-scp-1.0.1 Successfully installed net-sftp-2.0.1 Successfully installed rails-2.1.0 Successfully installed sqlite3-ruby-1.2.2-x86-mswin32 Updating tzinfo Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Successfully installed activerecord-2.1.0 Successfully installed activeresource-2.1.0 Successfully installed net-ssh-2.0.2 Successfully installed net-scp-1.0.1 Successfully installed net-sftp-2.0.1 Successfully installed rails-2.1.0 Successfully installed sqlite3-ruby-1.2.2-x86-mswin32 Successfully installed tzinfo-0.3.9 Updating windows-pr Successfully installed activesupport-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionpack-2.1.0 Successfully installed actionmailer-2.1.0 Successfully installed activerecord-2.1.0 Successfully installed activeresource-2.1.0 Successfully installed net-ssh-2.0.2 Successfully installed net-scp-1.0.1 Successfully installed net-sftp-2.0.1 Successfully installed rails-2.1.0 Successfully installed sqlite3-ruby-1.2.2-x86-mswin32 Successfully installed tzinfo-0.3.9 Successfully installed windows-pr-0.8.5 Gems updated: activesupport, actionpack, actionmailer, activesupport, actionpack , actionmailer, activerecord, activesupport, actionpack, actionmailer, activerec ord, activeresource, activesupport, actionpack, actionmailer, activerecord, acti veresource, net-ssh, net-scp, activesupport, actionpack, actionmailer, activerec ord, activeresource, net-ssh, net-scp, net-sftp, activesupport, actionpack, acti onmailer, activerecord, activeresource, net-ssh, net-scp, net-sftp, rails, activ esupport, actionpack, actionmailer, activerecord, activeresource, net-ssh, net-s cp, net-sftp, rails, sqlite3-ruby, activesupport, actionpack, actionmailer, acti verecord, activeresource, net-ssh, net-scp, net-sftp, rails, sqlite3-ruby, tzinf o, activesupport, actionpack, actionmailer, activerecord, activeresource, net-ss h, net-scp, net-sftp, rails, sqlite3-ruby, tzinfo, windows-pr ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-doing-multiple-updates/139273/2 "2008-06-02T15:02:14Z")
The same happened to me on mac osx 10.5.3 2008/6/2, John T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-doing-multiple-updates/139273/3 "2008-06-02T15:10:29Z")
Oscar Del ben wrote: > The same happened to me on mac osx 10.5.3 I have noticed that it’s been doing this type of duplicate updating for the past several 'gem update’s I’ve done. Possibly something in the latest gem (1.1.1)? Not sure. My gems have been updated successfully, but something’s definitely not quite right. ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-doing-multiple-updates/139273/4 "2008-06-03T01:12:50Z")
John T. wrote: > Oscar Del ben wrote: > > > The same happened to me on mac osx 10.5.3 > > I have noticed that it’s been doing this type of duplicate updating for > the past several 'gem update’s I’ve done. Possibly something in the > latest gem (1.1.1)? Not sure. > > My gems have been updated successfully, but something’s definitely not > quite right. Yep. Just updated my MacBook Pro (OS X 10.5.3) and it did the same thing. Odd, no? ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-doing-multiple-updates/139273/5 "2008-06-03T01:51:03Z")
John T. wrote: > Odd, no? It looks to me like it’s installing all dependencies of each gem, even if a previous gem required the same dependency. Clifford H… ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-update-doing-multiple-updates/139273/6 "2008-06-05T06:43:50Z")
On Jun 2, 2008, at 05:53 AM, John T. wrote: > I just did a gem update to update to the latest Rails (2.1), and I > noticed that the update command looks like it updated the same gems > multiple times: (on WinXP - not my normal system) Fixed: [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=575&aid=19444&group\_id=126](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=575&aid=19444&group_id=126)