From: Tom Werner <pubsub@...>
Date: 2007-11-13T03:48:21+09:00
Subject: How to reload available rubygems in a long running process

In my Ruby monitoring framework, god, I have the ability to load 
configuration files into an already running god instance. This allows 
the user to create new watches without having to restart god. There is a 
problem, however, if the config file to be loaded requires a gem that 
was installed *after* god was started. The rubygems system discovers and 
caches the available gems when it is initially required, ignoring any 
gems that are installed after that.

I have not been able to find an easy way to have rubygems reload its 
cache of available gems from a running Ruby program. Does anyone know of 
a decent way to accomplish this?

-- 
Tom Preston-Werner

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