rubygems-datadir
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Description
Restores Rubygems datadirs. This is a set of refinements that restore the “datadir” functionality of Rubygems, which was deprecated and slated for removal in an upcoming (minor) version.
I use this functionality extensively in a number of my gems, as do a number of other Ruby projects, so I’m a bit baffled as to why it was deprecated, but that’s the beauty of Ruby I suppose; you can always just add it back where you need it.
Usage
This gem contains refinements that restore the removed functionality, so to keep your code from breaking, just add the following to any files that use that API:
require 'rubygems/datadir' using Gem::DataDirRefinements
This restores both Gem.datadir and Gem::Specification#datadir.
Prerequisites
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Ruby
Installation
$ gem install rubygems-datadir
Contributing
You can check out the current development source with Mercurial via its project page. Or if you prefer Git, via its Github mirror.
After checking out the source, run:
$ rake setup
This task will install dependencies, and do any other necessary setup for development.
Authors
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Michael Granger ged@faeriemud.org
License
Copyright © 2026, Michael Granger All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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