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RubyGems is a package management framework for Ruby.

This gem is an update for the RubyGems software. You must have an installation of RubyGems before this update can be applied.

See Gem for information on RubyGems (or ri Gem)

To upgrade to the latest RubyGems, run:

$ gem update --system  # you might need to be an administrator or root

See UPGRADING.rdoc for more details and alternative instructions.

If you don’t have RubyGems installed, your can still do it manually:

• Download from: rubygems.org/pages/download

• Unpack into a directory and cd there

• Install with: ruby setup.rb # you may need admin/root privilege

For more details and other options, see:

ruby setup.rb --help

1.8.1 / 2011-05-05

After installing RubyGems 1.8.1 you will see deprecations when loading your exsting gems. Run gem pristine --all --no-extensions to regenerate your gem specifications safely.

Currently RubyGems does not save the build arguments used to build gems with extensions. You will need to run gem pristine gem_with_extension -- --build-arg to regenerate a gem with an extension where it requires special build arguments.

• 1 minor enhancement:

  • Added Gem::Requirement#specific? and Gem::Dependency#specific?

• 4 bug fixes:

  • Typo on Indexer rendered it useless on Windows

  • gem dep can fetch remote dependencies for non-latest gems again.

  • gem uninstall with multiple versions no longer crashes with ArgumentError

  • Always use binary mode for File.open to keep Windows happy