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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb b/lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb index 3405233ab1..edce4ee10b 100644 --- a/lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb +++ b/lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_gem.rb @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ module Kernel # Kernel#gem should be called *before* any require statements (otherwise # RubyGems may load a conflicting library version). # + # Kernel#gem only loads prerelease versions when prerelease +requirements+ + # are given: + # + # gem 'rake', '>= 1.1.a', '< 2' + # # In older RubyGems versions, the environment variable GEM_SKIP could be # used to skip activation of specified gems, for example to test out changes # that haven't been installed yet. Now RubyGems defers to -I and the @@ -51,7 +56,9 @@ module Kernel end spec = Gem::Dependency.new(gem_name, *requirements).to_spec - spec.activate if spec + Gem::LOADED_SPECS_MUTEX.synchronize { + spec.activate + } if spec end private :gem |