On Dec 20, 10:25 pm, Eric Hodel <drbr... / segment7.net> wrote: > If you have a recent version of RubyGems (0.8.5 or later), then all > you need to do is: > > $ gem update --system (you might need to be admin/root) I have Ruby and RubyGems installed both in Windows using the "One- Click" installer, and in Cygwin. At the DOS prompt, I have to type "gem update --system" to update the Windows RubyGems. But in Cygwin, RubyGems will update itself if I just do "gem update", without specifying the --system flag. Has anyone else seen this?