Set @@default_parser to new_value if it is one of the available parsers. Else raise NotValidXMLParser error.
maybe_xml? tests if source is a string that looks like XML.
Arguments used when building gems
Handle the command arguments.
Builds and installs indices.
Reads the file index and extracts each file into the gem directory.
Ensures that files can’t be installed outside the gem directory.
Extracts only the bin/ files from the gem into the gem directory. This is used by default gems to allow a gem-aware stub to function without the full gem installed.
Extracts the files in this package into destination_dir
If pattern is specified, only entries matching that glob will be extracted.
Resolve the requested dependencies against the gems available via Gem.path and return an Array of Specification objects to be activated.
Dump only the raw version string, not the complete object. It’s a string for backwards (RubyGems 1.3.5 and earlier) compatibility.
Load custom marshal format. It’s a string for backwards (RubyGems 1.3.5 and earlier) compatibility.
returns an integer in (-infty, 0] a number closer to 0 means the dependency is less constraining
dependencies w/ 0 or 1 possibilities (ignoring version requirements) are given very negative values, so they always sort first, before dependencies that are unconstrained
Returns the build_args used to install the gem
Sets the rubygems_version to the current RubyGems version.