Ryan Davis has announced the release of RubyGems 1.5.0. It comes just a month after the release of 1.4 which, notoriously, didn't work with Ruby 1.9.2. These problems have now all been ironed out and Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 users alike can safely upgrade (fingers crossed).
RubyGems is the popular (and official - as of Ruby 1.9) Ruby package manager with which most significant Ruby libraries and tools are distributed. The 1.5 release sees it pick up a few bug fixes and some enhancements, including:
- Ruby 1.9 support
- Post-build hooks that can cancel the gem install
Gem.find_filesis now 40% faster (on Ruby 1.9)- Better errors for corrupt Gem files, including paths
- A new UPGRADING documentation file to help with Ruby 1.9-related issues
gem updateno longer erroneously tries to update RubyGems itself by default
To upgrade to RubyGems 1.5.0, run:
gem update --systemAlternatively, you can learn more in the new UPGRADING documentation, or if you don't already have RubyGems for some reason, you can download it from RubyGems.org.
UPDATE: RubyGems 1.5.0 and Bundler are not the best of friends! If you're depending on Bundler tonight, don't install RubyGems 1.5.0 just yet. However, a 1.5 compatible version of Bundler is due within the next 24 hours. A new version of Bundler has been released, supporting RubyGems 1.5.0. Upgrade now :-)
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