From: Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@...>
Date: 2008-06-08T18:00:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9 and gems

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@gmail.com> wrote:
> I located gem1.9, actually expected it before and missed it.
> Playing with IRB1.9, some of the improvements look really interesting!
>
> "".methods returns symbols now. No more crazy string[5]  returning an integer!
> And the speed, wahooo!
>
> I just can't gdiff's C extension to compile, which is probably because of string
> changes. I'll have a go at fixing it.

Ok I fixed the extension but how do I repackage my changes to the gem so
that they can be installed properly? If I fix the source as "gem" suggests and
run "gem install" again, it refetches the old gem and overwrites my changes.

Les