From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2008-03-03T22:31:00+09:00
Subject: Re: sudo gem update --system Takes Greater Than A Minute

yes, it's unfortunately normal.
Gem slows down quite a bit during the metadata update.
Unfortunately.
Some of that may indeed be due to the server for ruby forge.
Gem itself is a pretty cool example of ruby code worth viewing.
You could always customize it.