Travis D Warlick Jr wrote:
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> Wes Gamble wrote:
>> I am currently on Ruby 1.8.4 on Windows XP.
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>> I'd like to move to 1.8.6 - do I need to reinstall all of my gems or is
>> there a way for me to move them to my new 1.8.6 installation?
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> In my upgrades, I upgrade Ruby, then run
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> gem update -y
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> Your gems are separate from your ruby install, so all your gems will stay put.

Are you sure?  I haven't installed on windows in a while, but last I 
recall, if you used the packaged (i.e. "1-click") installer, it deleted 
the entire existing Ruby install, gems and all.

James