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2.0.4 Released

RubyGems 2.0.4 is a bug-fix release. To update to the latest RubyGems you can run:

gem update --system

To install RubyGems by hand see the Download RubyGems page.

If you installed 2.0.1 and are unable to upgrade please follow the how to upgrade/downgrade RubyGems instructions.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed error caused by gem install not finding the right platform for your platform. Bug #576 by John Anderson
  • Fixed pushing gems with the default host. Bug #495 by Utkarsh Kukreti
  • Improved unhelpful error message from gem owner --remove. Bug #488 by Steve Klabnik
  • Fixed typo in gem spec help. Pull request #563 by oooooooo
  • Fixed creation of build_info with –install-dir. Bug #457 by Vít Ondruch.
  • RubyGems converts non-string dependency names to strings now. Bug #505 by Terence Lee
  • Outdated prerelease versions are now listed in gem outdated.
  • RubyGems now only calls fsync() on the specification when installing, not every file from the gem. This improves the performance of gem installation on some systems. Pull Request #556 by Grzesiek Kolodziejczyk
  • Removed surprise search term anchoring in gem search to restore 1.8-like search behavior while still defaulting to –remote. Pull request #562 by Ben Bleything
  • Fixed handling of DESTDIR when building extensions. Pull request #573 by Akinori MUSHA
  • Fixed documentation of gem pristine defaults (–all is not a default). Pull request #577 by Shannon Skipper
  • Fixed a windows extension-building test failure. Pull request #575 by Hiroshi Shirosaki
  • Fixed issue with gem update where it would attempt to use a Version instead of a Requirement to find the latest gem. Fixes #570 by Nick Cox.
  • RubyGems now ignores an empty but set RUBYGEMS_HOST environment variable. Based on pull request #558 by Robin Dupret.
  • Removed duplicate creation of gem subdirectories in Gem::DependencyInstaller. Pull Request #456 by Vít Ondruch
  • RubyGems now works with Ruby built with --with-ruby-version=''. Pull Request #455 by Vít Ondruch
  • Fixed race condition when two threads require the same gem. Ruby bug report #8374 by Joel VanderWerf
  • Cleaned up siteconf between extension build and extension install. Pull request #587 by Dominic Cleal
  • Fix deprecation warnings when converting gemspecs to yaml. Ruby commit r41148 by Yui Naruse
Eric Hodel