RubyGems 1.3.3

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= Announce: RubyGems Release 1.3.3

NOTE: RubyGems 1.1 and 1.2 have problems upgrading when there is no
rubygems-update installed. You will need to follow the second set of
update
instructions if you see “Nothing to update”.

Release 1.3.3 fixes some bugs and adds some features.

New Features:

  • gem server allows port names (from /etc/services) with --port.
  • gem server now has search that jumps to RDoc. Patch #22959 by
    Vladimir
    Dobriakov.
  • gem spec can retrieve single fields from a spec (like gem spec rake authors).
  • Gem::Specification#has_rdoc= is deprecated and ignored (defaults to
    true)
  • RDoc is now generated regardless of Gem::Specification#has_rdoc?

Bug Fixes:

  • gem clean now cleans up --user-install gems. Bug #25516 by Brett
    Eisenberg.
  • Gem.bin_path now escapes paths with spaces.
  • Rake extension builder uses explicit correctly loads rubygems when
    invoking
    rake.
  • Prerelease versions now match “~>” correctly. Patch #25759 by Yossef
    Mendelssohn.
  • Check bindir for executables, not root when validating. Bug
    reported by
    David C…
  • Remove Time.today, no way to override it before RubyGems loads. Bug
    #25564
    by Emanuele Vicentini
  • Raise Gem::Exception for #installation_path when not installed. Bug
    #25741
    by Daniel B…
  • Don’t raise in Gem::Specification#validate when homepage is nil.
    Bug #25677
    by Mike Burrows.
  • Uninstall executables from the correct directory. Bug #25555 by Brett
    Eisenberg.
  • Raise Gem::LoadError if Kernel#gem fails due to previously-loaded
    gem. Bug
    reported by Alf Mikula.

Deprecation Notices:

  • Gem::manage_gems has been removed.
  • Time::today has been removed early. There was no way to make it
    warn and be
    easy to override with user code.

For a full list of changes to RubyGems and the contributor for each
change, see
the ChangeLog file.

== How can I get RubyGems?

NOTE: If you have installed RubyGems using a package system you may
want to
install a new RubyGems through the same packaging system.

If you have a recent version of RubyGems (0.8.5 or later), then all
you need to do is:

$ gem update --system (you might need to be admin/root)

NOTE: RubyGems 1.1 and 1.2 have problems upgrading when there is no
rubygems-update installed. You will need to follow the second set of
update
instructions if you see “Nothing to update”.

NOTE: You may have to run the command twice if you have any previosly
installed rubygems-update gems.

If you have an older version of RubyGems installed, then you can still
do it in two steps:

$ gem install rubygems-update (again, might need to be admin/root)
$ update_rubygems (… here too)

If you don’t have any gems install, there is still the pre-gem
approach to getting software … doing it manually:

  1. DOWNLOAD FROM: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126
  2. UNPACK INTO A DIRECTORY AND CD THERE
  3. INSTALL WITH: ruby setup.rb (you may need admin/root privilege)

== To File Bugs

The RubyGems bug tracker can be found on RubyForge at:
http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=add&group_id=126&atid=575

When filing a bug, gem env output will be helpful in diagnosing the
issue.

If you find a bug where RubyGems crashes, please provide debug output.
You can
do that with gem --debug the_command.

== Thanks

Keep those gems coming!

– The RubyGems team

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Eric H. wrote:

= Announce: RubyGems Release 1.3.3

Thanks for the great work on RubyGems!

–
James B.

www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys
www.ruby-doc.org - Ruby Help & Documentation
www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff
www.neurogami.com - Smart application development

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  • gem clean now cleans up --user-install gems. Bug #25516 by Brett
    Eisenberg.
    $ gem update --system (you might need to be admin/root)

congrats on a seamless upgrade this system for all my machines.
Thanks!
-=r