RubyGems 1.1.0 on Apple Ruby

Eric Hodel | Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:04:14 GMT

There is a bug on updating RubyGems to 1.1.0 on Apple’s Ruby. The workaround is to run:

sudo gem install rubygems-update
sudo update_rubygems

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RubyGems 1.1.0

Eric Hodel | Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:41:00 GMT

Announce: RubyGems Release 1.1.0

Release 1.1.0 adds some new features and fixes some bugs.

New features:

  • RubyGems now uses persistent connections on index updates. Index updates are much faster now.
  • RubyGems only updates from a latest index by default, cutting candidate gems for updates to roughly 1/4 (at present). Index updates are even faster still.
    • gem list -r may only show the latest version of a gem, add --all to see all gems.
  • gem spec now extracts specifications from .gem files.
  • gem query --installed to aid automation of checking for gems.

Bugs Fixed:

  • RubyGems works with both Config and RbConfig now.
  • Executables are now cleaned upon uninstall.
  • You can now uninstall from a particular directory.
  • Updating from non-default sources fixed.
  • Executable stubs now use ruby install name in shebang.
  • gem unpack checks every directory in Gem.path now.
  • gem install now exits with non-zero exit code when appropriate.
  • gem update only updates gems that need updates.
  • gem update doesn't force remote-only updates.
  • gem update handles dependencies properly when updating.
  • Gems are now loaded in Gem.path order.
  • Gem stub scripts on windows now work outside Gem.bindir.
  • gem sources -r now works without network access.

Other Changes Include:

  • RubyGems now requires Ruby > 1.8.3.
  • Release notes are now printed upon installation.
  • gem env path now prints a usable path.
  • gem install reverts to local-only installation upon network error.
  • Tar handling code refactoring and cleanup.
  • Gem::DependencyInstaller's API has changed.

For a full list of changes to RubyGems, 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: 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: 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: 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!

— Jim & Chad & Eric (for the RubyGems team)

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Safari 3.1

Eric Hodel | Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:08:26 GMT

Safari 3.1 fixed a bug I found with urlbar-less tab reloading and removed the Debug menu, with the important bits split off into the Developer menu. To get the Debug menu from Safari 3.x and earlier, set the IncludeInternalDebugMenu pref via the command line. (I don’t think you’ll need it, though.)

The new Network Timeline is pretty sweet, hit opt-cmd-n to bring it up. Click on the file name to view the file, click on the rest of the line to see the request and response headers.

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.au Sprint

Eric Hodel | Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:16:16 GMT

I spent Saturday and Sunday at the Sydney Rubinius sprint, and it was quite productive. Not only were local beers sampled, but we also got some good work done.

Lincoln Stoll helped me shake the last bugs out of RubyGems, so we integrated it into Rubinius. We decided to make it a subcommand rbx gem like rbx compile or rbx describe. There are still a few things broken in RubyGems, namely installing gems with extensions because mkmf.rb doesn’t work in Rubinius.

Lincoln also pointed out and gave me patches for a few backwards-compatibility problems with RDoc, so now both RubyGems and RDoc work on Rubinius.

Upon my return next week I’ll be cooking up a release of RubyGems with a handful of bug fixes and persistent connection support for RubyGems’ HTTP fetching which will make those incremental updates quite a bit faster.

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