From: Jim Morris <ml@...4net.com>
Date: 2007-12-21T05:57:19+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RubyGems 1.0.0

After trying to install both from the source and from gem update --system
I get

/usr/bin/gem:23: uninitialized constant Gem::GemRunner (NameError)

when I try to run it.

I am using ruby 1.8.6 on a Ubuntu system.

Thanks

Eric Hodel wrote:
> Release 1.0.0 fixes several bugs.
> 
> Major New Features Include:
> 
> * RubyGems warns about various problems with gemspecs during gem building
> * More-consistent versioning for the RubyGems software
> 
> Other Changes Include:
> 
> * Fixed various bugs and problems with installing gems on Windows
> * Fixed using `gem server` for installing gems
> * Various operations are even more verbose with --verbose
> * Built gems are now backwards compatible with 0.9.4
> * Improved detection of RUBYOPT loading rubygems
> * `ruby setup.rb` now has a --help option
> * Gem::Specification#bindir is now respected on installation
> * Executable stubs can now be installed to match ruby's name, so if ruby is
>   installed as 'ruby18', foo_exec will be installed as 'foo_exec18'
> * `gem unpack` can now unpack into a specific directory with --target
> * OpenSSL is no longer required by default
> 
> Deprecations and Deletions:
> 
> * Kernel#require_gem has been removed
> * Executables without a shebang will not be wrapped in a future version, 
> this
>   may cause such executables to fail to operate on installation
> * Gem::Platform constants other than RUBY and CURRENT have been removed
> * Gem::RemoteInstaller was removed
> * Gem::Specification#test_suite_file and #test_suite_file= are 
> deprecated in
>   favor of #test_file and #test_file=
> * Gem::Specification#autorequire= has been deprecated
> * Time::today will be removed in a future version
> 
> == How can I get RubyGems?
> 
> NOTE:  If you have installed RubyGems using a package you may want to 
> install a
> new RubyGems through the same packaging system.
> 
> If you have a recent version of RubyGems (0.8.5 or later), then all
> you need to do is:
> 
>   $ gem update --system   (you might need to be admin/root)
> 
> (Note: You may have to run the command twice if you have any previosly
> installed rubygems-update gems).
> 
> If you have an older version of RubyGems installed, then you can still
> do it in two steps:
> 
>   $ gem install rubygems-update  (again, might need to be admin/root)
>   $ update_rubygems              (... here too)
> 
> If you don't have any gems install, there is still the pre-gem
> approach to getting software ... doing it manually:
> 
> 1. DOWNLOAD FROM: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126
> 2. UNPACK INTO A DIRECTORY AND CD THERE
> 3. INSTALL WITH:  ruby setup.rb  (you may need admin/root privilege)
> 
> == Thanks
> 
> Keep those gems coming!
> 
> -- Jim & Chad & Eric (for the RubyGems team)
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Jim Morris, http://blog.wolfman.com