# Rubygems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems/93287>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 21, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems/93287 "2005-11-21T03:29:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ara.t.howard](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ara.t.howard)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubygems/93287/1 "2005-11-21T03:29:43Z")

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[ahoward@jib ~]$ diff -u [rubygems.rb.org](http://rubygems.rb.org) rubygems.rb  
— [rubygems.rb.org](http://rubygems.rb.org) 2005-11-20 19:16:41.000000000 -0700  
+++ rubygems.rb 2005-11-20 19:16:53.000000000 -0700  
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@  
def activate(gem, autorequire, \*version\_requirements)  
@loaded\_specs ||= Hash.new  
unless version\_requirements.size \> 0

- 

```
   version_requirements = ["> 0.0.0"]

```

- 

```
   version_requirements = [">= 0.0.0"]
  end
  unless gem.respond_to?(:name) && 

```

gem.respond\_to?(:version\_requirements)  
gem = Gem::Dependency.new(gem, version\_requirements)

some of use actually use that one 😉

-a