From: Axel Bock Date: 2008-07-17T03:25:13+09:00 Subject: Re: "gem update" eats 100% cpu and memory > Uninstall the gem package from the repositories, download the latest gem > from RubyForge (1.2.0 is what I've got) and install it yourself, then > enjoy a gem that doesn't try and download/process the entire repository > in memory all at once each and every time you hit the servers. thanks a lot for that. It seems I really have to install 1.2.0 by hand, neither ubuntu stable nor intrepid have this one available. Damn ... :-) Thanks!! Axel.