From: Olivier <o.renaud@...>
Date: 2006-11-27T00:24:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Gem update question.

Le samedi 25 novembre 2006 15:07, Steve Dogers a écrit :
> Hi, I have 2 questions:
> Running on Win XP BTW.
>
> - when I run gem update I get prompted 'Select which gem to install for
> your platform (i386-mswin32)'. It then list a few choices for each gem,
> usually the past 4 or 5 version in 2 flavors: win32 or ruby.

This happens when the gem contains a C extension. The gem can embed either the 
C source code, or a precompiled version.

> My question is which one should I choose? I tried the ruby version for
> some, the win32 for others. Sometimes I get errors choosing one or the
> other.

Choose the "win32" version. The "ruby" version needs a compiler to be properly 
installed (in fact, it needs the same compiler than the one used to compile 
ruby) .

> - how can i update gem and ruby themselves? Can I use gem itself?

# gem search -r gem
rubygems-update (0.9.0, 0.8.11, 0.8.10, 0.8.8, 0.8.6, 0.8.5, 0.8.4, 0.8.3, 
0.8.1, 0.8.0)    RubyGems Update GEM

Ruby itself cannot be upgraded that way. It would be nice !

> Thanks!