[Rubygems-developers] why does 'gem install og' result in installation of log4r rather than installation of og?

[Jim Weirich]

That is a bug in gem's overzelous attempt to match gem names during 
installation (l_og_4r).  I think that bug was squashed around verion 0.8.5 or 
so, but I can't find the notes that say so.  If gem --version reports a 
version earlier than 0.8.5, try upgrading.  If you have a recent version, let 
me know and I'll investigate further (BTW, the CVS version of gems does not 
do that).

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