# Is update\_rubygems unnecessary?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-update-rubygems-unnecessary/142859>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 12, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-update-rubygems-unnecessary/142859 "2008-07-12T07:44:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![iwadon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@iwadon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iwadon)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-update-rubygems-unnecessary/142859/1 "2008-07-12T07:44:42Z")

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Hi all,

RubyGems’s setup.rb don’t install bin/update\_rubygems since rev.1619.  
Is this right installation?

BTW, I posted same report to RubyGems’s BTS.  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=21057&group\_id=126&atid=575](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=21057&group_id=126&atid=575)

Thanks,

Dir.chdir ‘bin’ do  
bin\_files = Dir[‘\*’]

bin\_files.delete ‘update\_rubygems’ # \<= ???

bin\_files.each do |bin\_file|

IWATSUKI Hiroyuki URL:mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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**Author:** ![iwadon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@iwadon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iwadon)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-update-rubygems-unnecessary/142859/2 "2008-07-15T20:05:50Z")

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On Jul 11, 2008, at 22:40 PM, Hiroyuki I. wrote:

> RubyGems’s setup.rb don’t install bin/update\_rubygems since rev.1619.  
> Is this right installation?

Yes. update\_rubygems is only needed by rubygems-update gem.

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**Author:** ![iwadon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@iwadon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iwadon)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-update-rubygems-unnecessary/142859/3 "2008-07-19T08:33:21Z")

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Hi Eric,

Thank you for your response.

RubyGems in FreeBSD ports installs update\_rubygems.  
It don’t use rubygems-update gem to update itself.

I propose that it doesn’t install update\_rubygems.

Thanks,

IWATSUKI Hiroyuki URL:mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid