From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2007-07-27T23:49:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Help with updating to 1.8.6

Gordon Thiesfeld wrote:
>> 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 a lot, Gordon. Yes, it works now, by me putting 'require 
rubygems' at the top of my script. I also set an environment variable by 
doing "set RUBYOPT = -rubygems." That alone didn't seem to do it; the 
"require" fixed it.

-Peter
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