From: Cali Wildman <caliwildman2004-info@...>
Date: 2008-06-25T14:01:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Upgrading Ruby

Jano Svitok wrote:
> 
> What you can do to be safe is to backup/rename your c:\ruby (e.g. to
> c:\ruby-1.8.5).
> Then install new version, copy gems, update them and test your rails 
> app.
> In case of problems, you can put c:\ruby-1.8.5 back to c:\ruby
> 
> Problem with this approach is that it messes list of installed
> applications (Control Panel, Add/remove apps).
> Maybe better would be backup, uninstall 1.8.5, install 1.8.6, replace
> gems, update, check
> Rollback: uninstall 1.8.6, install 1.8.5, replace the whole dir.
> 
> Still, this all is hackish. I guess one of the features the new MSI
> installer could bring is ability to properly update.
> 
> J.


Unfortunately due to the fact that htree uses site_ruby instead of gems,
it isn't as simple as I hope per your workaround. Plus there may be new
gems added in 2.1 that aren't in 1.2.3, so that's another concern.
Likewise, 2.1 site_ruby has some new files and folders that aren't there
in 1.2.3 site_ruby. So it seems pretty messy.
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