From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2011-05-08T16:30:43+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] rubygems-update 1.8.1 Released


On May 7, 2011, at 19:52 , Patrick Johnson wrote:

> 
>> To upgrade to the latest RubyGems, run:
>> 
>> $ gem update --system  # you might need to be an administrator or root
> 
> I'm completely new to this stuff.  When should "gem update" alone ever be 
> run?  Or does doing so break things?

The built-in help should explain things:

  gem update --help

If not, let me know what I can help clarify.