# Gems 1.3.0 updates itself every time?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-1-3-0-updates-itself-every-time/151458>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 21, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-1-3-0-updates-itself-every-time/151458 "2008-10-21T21:09:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![jay-levitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a88e57/32.png) [@jay-levitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jay-levitt)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-1-3-0-updates-itself-every-time/151458/1 "2008-10-21T21:09:55Z")

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On both my Mac (OS X 10.5.5) and my Linux box (Fedora Core 9), gems 1.2  
needed the help of “gem install rubygems-update;update\_rubygems” to get  
to 1.3.0. Now, every time I do a “gem update --system”, it reinstalls  
1.3.0, instead of claiming “Nothing to update”.

Is this a known problem with the transition to 1.3? Obviously, the  
solution is “don’t do that, Jay”; I just want to make sure it’s not a  
symptom of a deeper problem on my systems.

Jay L.

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**Author:** ![jay-levitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a88e57/32.png) [@jay-levitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jay-levitt)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-1-3-0-updates-itself-every-time/151458/2 "2008-10-21T21:40:27Z")

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The same thing happens with me on my Ubuntu 8.04 installation.

Regards,  
Yaser S.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Jay L.  
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**Author:** ![jay-levitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a88e57/32.png) [@jay-levitt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jay-levitt)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-1-3-0-updates-itself-every-time/151458/3 "2008-10-21T22:18:09Z")

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On Oct 21, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Jay L. wrote:

> On both my Mac (OS X 10.5.5) and my Linux box (Fedora Core 9), gems  
> 1.2 needed the help of “gem install rubygems-update;update\_rubygems”  
> to get to 1.3.0. Now, every time I do a “gem update --system”, it  
> reinstalls 1.3.0, instead of claiming “Nothing to update”.
> 
> Is this a known problem with the transition to 1.3? Obviously, the  
> solution is “don’t do that, Jay”; I just want to make sure it’s not  
> a symptom of a deeper problem on my systems.

There’s a bug:

[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=22267&group\_id=126&atid=575](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=22267&group_id=126&atid=575)

But it’s not a high priority. Other than wasting some time, this  
behavior should be harmless.