# Updating metadata for 11 gems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-metadata-for-11-gems/123499>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-metadata-for-11-gems/123499 "2007-12-18T08:15:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/updating-metadata-for-11-gems/123499/1 "2007-12-18T08:15:21Z")

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I justed typed “gem outdated” and got the following output in my  
terminal:

Updating metadata for 11 gems from [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)  
…  
complete

My first thought was that there are some gems neeeded to be updated -  
so I  
typed it again and got the following:

bullet:~ root# gem outdated  
bullet:~ root#

So there are no updates available.  
What exactly does “Updating metadata for 11 gems…” mean?

Thanx