[Rubygems-developers] [ rubygems-Bugs-27944 ] require does not populate Gem.loaded_specs under Ruby 1.9.1.

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Bugs item #27944, was opened at 2010-03-08 17:50
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Category: #gem and #require methods
Group: v1.3.x
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 1
Submitted By: postmodern  (postmodern)
Assigned to: Eric Hodel (drbrain)
Summary: require does not populate Gem.loaded_specs under Ruby 1.9.1.

Initial Comment:
I recently upgraded to RubyGems 1.3.6 under Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.1. I noticed that *only* under Ruby 1.9.1, the 'require' method would not populate Gem.loaded_specs:

    >> RUBY_VERSION
    # => "1.9.1"
    >> Gem.loaded_specs
    # => {}
    >> require 'rack'
    # => true
    >> Gem.loaded_specs
    # => {}



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Comment By: Ryan Davis (zenspider)
Date: 2010-03-09 00:53

Message:
That is because the spec isn't loaded under ruby 1.9.x. That is because ruby 1.9 bypasses rubygems and uses the gem prelude to populate the load path. Inspect $: to see.

I don't like gem-prelude, personally, but I don't think it is going to change in ruby 1.9.x.

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