Feature Suggestion: Add a `rubygems` resource. about rvm

[fnichol]

I've been feeling that need as well based on issues and feedback. Unfortunately, there is still a real need for 1.3.7 when supporting older codebases. Sounds good, it's on the board :)

[alindeman]

So is there a suggested way to update rubygems with this cookbook for now?

[fnichol]

@alindeman I've done this in the past which can work (although a bit lower level) in a cookbook recipe:

# assumptions:
#   * this is a system-wide install. For user-based ones use rvm::user_install
#   * the RVM Ruby to be modified is the default ruby

# include system_install which only installs RVM (doesn't install any rubies or gems)
include_recipe "rvm::system_install"

# install the default ruby from attribute metadata
rvm_default_ruby node['rvm']['default_ruby']

# use an rvm_shell to call rvm rubygems before installing any gems
rvm_shell "use rubygems 1.3.7 with default_ruby" do
  ruby_string  node['rvm']['default_ruby']
  code         %{rvm rubygems 1.3.7}
end

# install gems, like:
rvm_gem "nokogiri" do
  ruby_string  node['rvm']['default_ruby']
end

The tricky part is upgrading/downgrading your version of RubyGems after RVM installs and before gems get installed. Hope that helps in the meantime :)

[yfeldblum]

Thanks for the tip.

It would still be cool to have rvm_rubygems be a separate resource, or for rvm_ruby to take a rubygems_version attribute (and up/down-grade rubygems to the specified version, if the version for rubygems is different).

rvm_ruby "ruby-1.9.3-p0" do
  rubygems_version "1.8.11"
end

[fnichol]

I agree and probably the best solution is to provide an rvm_rubygems resource that can also be used by rvm_ruby/rubygems_version. I'm hoping to spend some time with this on the weekend.

[tholschuh]

Any news on this?

[cgriego]

I've made a pull request (#100) that is, I think, the first step in addressing this.

[fnichol]

@cgriego I'm hoping to get a tagged release out and then tackle this one.

[fnichol]

Thanks to @cgriego this is (finally) pulled in. Thanks everyone for helping out on this one.

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