edit: $/Dev10/feature/vs_langs01_s/Merlin/External.LCA_RESTRICTED/Languages/Ruby/redist-libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/platform.rb;C1651534
File: platform.rb
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--- $/Dev10/feature/vs_langs01_s/Merlin/External.LCA_RESTRICTED/Languages/Ruby/redist-libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/platform.rb;C1651534  (server)    3/8/2010 9:46 AM
+++ Shelved Change: $/Dev10/feature/vs_langs01_s/Merlin/External.LCA_RESTRICTED/Languages/Ruby/redist-libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/platform.rb;gems
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
               when /^i686-darwin(\d)/     then ['x86',       'darwin',  $1    ]
               when /^i\d86-linux/         then ['x86',       'linux',   nil   ]
               when 'java', 'jruby'        then [nil,         'java',    nil   ]
+              when 'universal-.net'       then ['universal', '.net',    nil   ]
               when /mswin32(\_(\d+))?/    then ['x86',       'mswin32', $2    ]
               when 'powerpc-darwin'       then ['powerpc',   'darwin',  nil   ]
               when /powerpc-darwin(\d)/   then ['powerpc',   'darwin',  $1    ]
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edit: $/Dev10/feature/vs_langs01_s/Merlin/External.LCA_RESTRICTED/Languages/Ruby/redist-libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb;C1162008
File: specification.rb
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--- $/Dev10/feature/vs_langs01_s/Merlin/External.LCA_RESTRICTED/Languages/Ruby/redist-libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb;C1162008  (server)    3/7/2010 6:44 PM
+++ Shelved Change: $/Dev10/feature/vs_langs01_s/Merlin/External.LCA_RESTRICTED/Languages/Ruby/redist-libs/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/specification.rb;gems
@@ -305,6 +305,15 @@
       raise TypeError, "invalid Gem::Specification format #{array.inspect}"
     end
 
+    if array[8] == "universal-.net"
+      # When installing gems from a remote server that is using MRI, the gem information that is
+      # sent down to the local machine is incorrect since MRI is not able to parse the platform
+      # string of "universal-.net" until a patch is applied to RubyGems in Gem::Platform#initialize,
+      # similar to the way other platforms are handled in that method. IronRuby does include
+      # this patch. For now, we work around the problem.
+      array[16] = Gem::Platform.new(["universal", ".net"]) if array[16] == Gem::Platform.new(["universal", "unknown"])
+    end
+    
     spec.instance_variable_set :@rubygems_version,          array[0]
     # spec version
     spec.instance_variable_set :@name,                      array[2]
@@ -325,7 +334,6 @@
     spec.instance_variable_set :@platform,                  array[16].to_s
     spec.instance_variable_set :@license,                   array[17]
     spec.instance_variable_set :@loaded,                    false
-
     spec
   end
 
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edit: $/Dev10/feature/vs_langs01_s/Merlin/Main/Languages/Ruby/Tests/Interop/com/apps/word_spec.rb;C1559161
File: word_spec.rb
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--- $/Dev10/feature/vs_langs01_s/Merlin/Main/Languages/Ruby/Tests/Interop/com/apps/word_spec.rb;C1559161  (server)    3/7/2010 3:15 PM
+++ Shelved Change: $/Dev10/feature/vs_langs01_s/Merlin/Main/Languages/Ruby/Tests/Interop/com/apps/word_spec.rb;gems
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       @doc = nil
       System::GC.Collect
       System::GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers
-      @app.Quit if @app
+      @app.Quit(0) if @app
     end
     
     it "fires for single event" do
===================================================================