RubyGems 0.9.1

drbrain@segment7.net (Eric Hodel) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:00:00 -0800

Finally, the much anticipated RubyGems version 0.9.1 is now available. This release includes a number of new features and bug fixes.

The most important change in RubyGems 0.9.1 is that RubyGems no longer allows files to be installed outside of the installation directory. A separate security bulletin with full details will be posted shortly.

RubyGems 0.9.1 is a required update. The RubyForge gem repository will soon disallow installation by older versions of RubyGems. Manual installation will still be allowed.

Upgrade note

While require_gem was deprecated in 0.9.0, the bin stubs are still using it (oops!). To get rid of the warnings printed by rake or other bin stubs simply run 'gem pristine --all'.

Changes in RubyGems 0.9.1

Major changes include:

RubyGems no longer allows installation of files outside the gem directory
#require_gem will now print a warning, use #gem instead
RubyGems now requires ruby 1.8.2 or greater
RubyGems is -w clean

Minor changes include:

gem command changes
- new gem pristine command
- new gem outdated command
- new gem sources command
- gem uninstall can uninstall multiple gems
- gem install uses the cache instead of downloading
- gem install returns non-zero exit code on failure
- gem install can now set shebang on bin stubs (env or ruby)
- gem help output now fits in 80 columns
many proxy installation improvements
gem cert improvements
RubyGems is now easier to use as a library
- Easier programatic installs
- Easier inspection of local and remote gems
extension building enhancements
error reporting enhancements (less odd exceptions)
require now loads .jar files

Bug fixes:

installing from scratch fixed
gem install --force forces
installing from read-only location works
gem uninstall requires full name
gem install obeys GEM_HOME for bin scripts
RubyGems now installs on ruby 1.9
fixed issue with Gem::Specification#hash for JRuby
RubyGems now installs RDoc and ri for itself
RubyGems is now tab-free

What is RubyGems?

RubyGems is a package management system for Ruby applications and libraries. RubyGems' one command download makes installing Ruby software fun and enjoyable again.

Many gems are available for download from the RubyForge site. Browse the list of gems with a "gem list --remote" command and download what you need with a simple "gem install <name-of-gem>". RubyGems takes care of the details of installing, not only the gem you requested, but also any gems needed by the software you selected.

RubyGems Statistics

About 1250 different gems are available from RubyForge
Over 540 thousand downloads of the RubyGems software
Over 8 million gem downloads

If you are interested in finding out when new gems are released, I maintain an RSS feed at http://onestepback.org/gemwatch.rss.

How can I get RubyGems?

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
$ gem pristine --all # ... here too

(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
$ gem pristine --all # and here

If you don't have any gems install, there is still the pre-gem approach to getting software, doing it manually:

DOWNLOAD FROM: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126
UNPACK INTO A DIRECTORY AND CD THERE
INSTALL WITH: ruby setup.rb all (you may need admin/root privilege)

What's Next

For RubyGems 0.9.2 the RubyGems team is looking to add:

Integration of local and remote installation
Automatic installation of platform-specific gems

Thanks

Contributors to this release include:

Anatol Pomozov, Gavin Sinclair, David Lee, Ryan Davis, Robert James, Chris Morris, Sylvain Joyeux, Sava Chankov, Tom Pollard, Kevin Clark, Andy Shen.

Keep those gems coming!

"RubyGems 0.9.1" by Eric Hodel

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:43:38 -0800

Please file a bug for this on the RubyGems tracker, thanks!

"RubyGems 0.9.1" by leslie

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:40:02 -0800

It seems like RubyGems 0.9.1 now requires you to specify “-source http://code.whytheluckystiff.net” instead of “-source code.whytheluckystiff.net”

Is this a bug or a feature?

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