Checks the tuplespace to see if it needs cleaning.
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.
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 Gem::Specification and raw metadata from the .gem file at path.
Extracts the files in this package into destination_dir
If pattern is specified, only entries matching that glob will be extracted.
Prepares the gem for signing and checksum generation. If a signing certificate and key are not present only checksum generation is set up.
Creates or an HTTP connection based on uri, or retrieves an existing connection, using a proxy if needed.
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.
Sets the ENABLE_SHARED entry in RbConfig::CONFIG to value and restores the original value when the block ends