From: Gordon Thiesfeld <gthiesfeld@...>
Date: 2007-07-27T23:40:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with updating to 1.8.6

> Why can't it see it? I've noticed that, with this version
> of Ruby, using the Windows one-click installer, I have to manually put
> the Ruby path in for my server now. It's not automatic.

This has happened to me before with an upgrade, I'm not sure why.  It
may have also removed the RUBYOPT environment variable, which might
explain why you can't find your gem.  Check to see if RUBYOPT is set
to -rubygems.  The other option is to add require 'rubygems' to all of
your code.  I think that's how it's done on other platforms.

> Is there any gem
> or anything that can help with these updates, where, all existing gems
> are either maintained or automatically re-loaded, instead of absolutely
> everything being blown away??

I generally just install to a new location, like ruby185, ruby186.
Then I can just copy the gems directory over to the new location.  Not
sure if this is the standard or best practice, but it works for me.


> Thanks,
> Peter
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