From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-12-01T00:35:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Applying patches to gems

Ed Howland wrote:
> Hi, I sent this query over to the Rails list, but no joy there.
> 
> In general, how do you apply a patch to an installed gem? Do you have
> to get the gem src and rebuild the gem, then reinstall? Or, since it
> is just ruby code, can you apply it in place in the gem's library
> folder.


Why not just fix what's broken and release a new version?

If this is just for you, then just change the code in the gem's lib folder.



James
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