Rubygems in Debian is at version 0.9.4 whereas upstream is at 1.0.1 right now. If I'm not mistaken, starting at 1.0, gems has started to update itself automatically, which in turn means that it installs a version that doesn't include the Debian-specific patches.
I've broken my gem configuration once by doing a gem update --system. I think I've cleaned it up completely afterwards, but there may have remained some residual brokenness. So, it might be that the problem I'm experiencing is entirely my own fault, but it might as well be that something in the Debian gems packages was broken by recent upstream changes. That's the fun you get when mixing to package management systems. Michael -- Michael Schuerig mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]