The Specification class contains the metadata for a Gem. Typically defined in a .gemspec file or a Rakefile, and looks like this:

spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
  s.name = 'example'
  s.version = '1.0'
  s.summary = 'Example gem specification'
  ...
end

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NONEXISTENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION = -1
 

The the version number of a specification that does not specify one (i.e. RubyGems 0.7 or earlier).

CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION = 3
 

The specification version applied to any new Specification instances created. This should be bumped whenever something in the spec format changes.

Specification Version History:

spec   ruby
 ver    ver yyyy-mm-dd description
  -1 <0.8.0            pre-spec-version-history
   1  0.8.0 2004-08-01 Deprecated "test_suite_file" for "test_files"
                       "test_file=x" is a shortcut for "test_files=[x]"
   2  0.9.5 2007-10-01 Added "required_rubygems_version"
                       Now forward-compatible with future versions
   3  1.3.2 2009-01-03 Added Fixnum validation to specification_version
Optional gemspec attributes
Attributes
[RW] activated

True when this gemspec has been activated. This attribute is not persisted.

[RW] activated?

True when this gemspec has been activated. This attribute is not persisted.

[RW] autorequire

Autorequire was used by old RubyGems to automatically require a file.

Deprecated: It is neither supported nor functional.

[RW] bindir

The path in the gem for executable scripts. Usually 'bin'

[RW] cert_chain

The certificate chain used to sign this gem. See Gem::Security for details.

[W] default_executable

Sets the default executable for this gem.

Deprecated: You must now specify the executable name to Gem.bin_path.

[R] description

A long description of this gem

[RW] email

A contact email for this gem

If you are providing multiple authors and multiple emails they should be in the same order such that:

Hash[*spec.authors.zip(spec.emails).flatten]

Gives a hash of author name to email address.

[RW] homepage

The URL of this gem's home page

[R] loaded_from

Path this gemspec was loaded from. This attribute is not persisted.

[RW] post_install_message

A message that gets displayed after the gem is installed

[R] required_ruby_version

The version of ruby required by this gem

[R] required_rubygems_version

The RubyGems version required by this gem

[RW] rubyforge_project

The rubyforge project this gem lives under. i.e. RubyGems' #rubyforge_project is “rubygems”.

[RW] signing_key

The key used to sign this gem. See Gem::Security for details.

Class Public methods
_load(str)

Load custom marshal format, re-initializing defaults as needed

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 649
def self._load(str)
  array = Marshal.load str

  spec = Gem::Specification.new
  spec.instance_variable_set :@specification_version, array[1]

  current_version = CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION

  field_count = if spec.specification_version > current_version then
                  spec.instance_variable_set :@specification_version,
                                             current_version
                  MARSHAL_FIELDS[current_version]
                else
                  MARSHAL_FIELDS[spec.specification_version]
                end

  if array.size < field_count then
    raise TypeError, "invalid Gem::Specification format #{array.inspect}"
  end

  # Cleanup any YAML::PrivateType. They only show up for an old bug
  # where nil => null, so just convert them to nil based on the type.

  array.map! { |e| e.kind_of?(YAML::PrivateType) ? nil : e }

  spec.instance_variable_set :@rubygems_version,          array[0]
  # spec version
  spec.instance_variable_set :@name,                      array[2]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@version,                   array[3]
  spec.date =                                             array[4]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@summary,                   array[5]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@required_ruby_version,     array[6]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@required_rubygems_version, array[7]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@original_platform,         array[8]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@dependencies,              array[9]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@rubyforge_project,         array[10]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@email,                     array[11]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@authors,                   array[12]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@description,               array[13]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@homepage,                  array[14]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@has_rdoc,                  array[15]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@new_platform,              array[16]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@platform,                  array[16].to_s
  spec.instance_variable_set :@license,                   array[17]
  spec.instance_variable_set :@loaded,                    false
  spec.instance_variable_set :@activated,                 false

  spec
end
add_spec(spec)

Adds spec to the known specifications, keeping the collection properly sorted.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 295
def self.add_spec spec
  # TODO: find all extraneous adds
  # puts
  # p :add_spec => [spec.full_name, caller.reject { |s| s =~ /minitest/ }]

  # TODO: flush the rest of the crap from the tests
  # raise "no dupes #{spec.full_name} in #{all_names.inspect}" if
  #   _all.include? spec

  raise "nil spec!" unless spec # TODO: remove once we're happy with tests

  return if _all.include? spec

  _all << spec
  _resort!
end
add_specs(*specs)

Adds multiple specs to the known specifications.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 315
def self.add_specs *specs
  raise "nil spec!" if specs.any?(&:nil?) # TODO: remove once we're happy

  # TODO: this is much more efficient, but we need the extra checks for now
  # _all.concat specs
  # _resort!

  specs.each do |spec| # TODO: slow
    add_spec spec
  end
end
all()

Returns all specifications. This method is discouraged from use. You probably want to use one of the Enumerable methods instead.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 331
def self.all
  warn "NOTE: Specification.all called from #{caller.first}" unless
    Gem::Deprecate.skip
  _all
end
all=(specs)

Sets the known specs to specs. Not guaranteed to work for you in the future. Use at your own risk. Caveat emptor. Doomy doom doom. Etc etc.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 349
def self.all= specs
  @@all = specs
end
all_names()

Return full names of all specs in sorted order.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 356
def self.all_names
  self._all.map(&:full_name)
end
array_attributes()

Return the list of all array-oriented instance variables.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 365
def self.array_attributes
  @@array_attributes.dup
end
attribute_names()

Return the list of all instance variables.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 374
def self.attribute_names
  @@attributes.dup
end
dirs()

Return the directories that Specification uses to find specs.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 381
def self.dirs
  @@dirs ||= Gem.path.collect { |dir|
    File.join dir, "specifications"
  }
end
dirs=(dirs)

Set the directories that Specification uses to find specs. Setting this resets the list of known specs.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 391
def self.dirs= dirs
  # TODO: find extra calls to dir=
  # warn "NOTE: dirs= called from #{caller.first} for #{dirs.inspect}"

  self.reset

  # ugh
  @@dirs = Array(dirs).map { |dir| File.join dir, "specifications" }
end
each()

Enumerate every known spec. See ::dirs= and ::add_spec to set the list of specs.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 407
def self.each
  return enum_for(:each) unless block_given?

  self._all.each do |x|
    yield x
  end
end
find_all_by_name(name, *requirements)

Returns every spec that matches name and optional requirements.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 418
def self.find_all_by_name name, *requirements
  requirements = Gem::Requirement.default if requirements.empty?

  # TODO: maybe try: find_all { |s| spec === dep }

  Gem::Dependency.new(name, *requirements).matching_specs
end
find_by_name(name, *requirements)

Find the best specification matching a name and requirements. Raises if the dependency doesn't resolve to a valid specification.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 430
def self.find_by_name name, *requirements
  requirements = Gem::Requirement.default if requirements.empty?

  # TODO: maybe try: find { |s| spec === dep }

  Gem::Dependency.new(name, *requirements).to_spec
end
find_by_path(path)

Return the best specification that contains the file matching path.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 441
def self.find_by_path path
  self.find { |spec|
    spec.contains_requirable_file? path
  }
end
find_in_unresolved(path)

Return currently unresolved specs that contain the file matching path.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 450
def self.find_in_unresolved path
  # TODO: do we need these?? Kill it
  specs = Gem.unresolved_deps.values.map { |dep| dep.to_specs }.flatten

  specs.find_all { |spec| spec.contains_requirable_file? path }
end
find_in_unresolved_tree(path)

Search through all unresolved deps and sub-dependencies and return specs that contain the file matching path.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 461
def self.find_in_unresolved_tree path
  specs = Gem.unresolved_deps.values.map { |dep| dep.to_specs }.flatten

  specs.reverse_each do |spec|
    trails = []
    spec.traverse do |from_spec, dep, to_spec, trail|
      next unless to_spec.conflicts.empty?
      trails << trail if to_spec.contains_requirable_file? path
    end

    next if trails.empty?

    return trails.map(&:reverse).sort.first.reverse
  end

  []
end
from_yaml(input)

Special loader for YAML files. When a Specification object is loaded from a YAML file, it bypasses the normal Ruby object initialization routine (#initialize). This method makes up for that and deals with gems of different ages.

input can be anything that YAML.load() accepts: String or IO.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 487
def self.from_yaml(input)
  Gem.load_yaml

  input = normalize_yaml_input input
  spec = YAML.load input

  if spec && spec.class == FalseClass then
    raise Gem::EndOfYAMLException
  end

  unless Gem::Specification === spec then
    raise Gem::Exception, "YAML data doesn't evaluate to gem specification"
  end

  unless (spec.instance_variables.include? '@specification_version' or
          spec.instance_variables.include? :@specification_version) and
         spec.instance_variable_get :@specification_version
    spec.instance_variable_set :@specification_version,
                               NONEXISTENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
  end

  spec
end
latest_specs(prerelease = false)

Return the latest specs, optionally including prerelease specs if prerelease is true.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 515
def self.latest_specs prerelease = false
  result = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = {} }
  native = {}

  Gem::Specification._all.reverse_each do |spec|
    next if spec.version.prerelease? unless prerelease

    native[spec.name] = spec.version if spec.platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY
    result[spec.name][spec.platform] = spec
  end

  result.map(&:last).map(&:values).flatten.reject { |spec|
    minimum = native[spec.name]
    minimum && spec.version < minimum
  }
end
load(file)

Loads Ruby format gemspec from file.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 535
def self.load file
  return unless file && File.file?(file)

  file = file.dup.untaint

  code = if defined? Encoding
           File.read file, :mode => 'r:UTF-8:-'
         else
           File.read file
         end

  code.untaint

  begin
    spec = eval code, binding, file

    if Gem::Specification === spec
      spec.loaded_from = file.to_s
      return spec
    end

    warn "[#{file}] isn't a Gem::Specification (#{spec.class} instead)."
  rescue SignalException, SystemExit
    raise
  rescue SyntaxError, Exception => e
    warn "Invalid gemspec in [#{file}]: #{e}"
  end

  nil
end
new(name = nil, version = nil)

Specification constructor. Assigns the default values to the attributes and yields itself for further initialization. Optionally takes name and version.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1343
def initialize name = nil, version = nil
  @loaded = false
  @activated = false
  @loaded_from = nil
  @original_platform = nil

  @@nil_attributes.each do |key|
    instance_variable_set "@#{key}", nil
  end

  @@non_nil_attributes.each do |key|
    default = default_value(key)
    value = case default
            when Time, Numeric, Symbol, true, false, nil then default
            else default.dup
            end

    instance_variable_set "@#{key}", value
  end

  @new_platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY

  self.name = name if name
  self.version = version if version

  yield self if block_given?
end
non_nil_attributes()

Specification attributes that must be non-nil

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 569
def self.non_nil_attributes
  @@non_nil_attributes.dup
end
normalize_yaml_input(input)

Make sure the YAML specification is properly formatted with dashes

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 576
def self.normalize_yaml_input(input)
  result = input.respond_to?(:read) ? input.read : input
  result = "--- " + result unless result =~ /\A--- /
  result.gsub!(/ !!null \n/, " \n")
  # date: 2011-04-26 00:00:00.000000000Z
  # date: 2011-04-26 00:00:00.000000000 Z
  result.gsub!(/^(date: \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+?)Z/, '\1 Z')
  result
end
outdated()

Return a list of all outdated specifications. This method is HEAVY as it must go fetch specifications from the server.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 590
def self.outdated
  outdateds = []

  # TODO: maybe we should switch to rubygems' version service?
  fetcher = Gem::SpecFetcher.fetcher

  latest_specs.each do |local|
    dependency = Gem::Dependency.new local.name, ">= #{local.version}"
    remotes    = fetcher.find_matching dependency
    remotes    = remotes.map { |(_, version, _), _| version }
    latest     = remotes.sort.last

    outdateds << local.name if latest and local.version < latest
  end

  outdateds
end
remove_spec(spec)

Removes spec from the known specs.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 611
def self.remove_spec spec
  # TODO: beat on the tests
  raise "wtf: #{spec.full_name} not in #{all_names.inspect}" unless
    _all.include? spec
  _all.delete spec
end
required_attribute?(name)

Is name a required attribute?

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 621
def self.required_attribute?(name)
  @@required_attributes.include? name.to_sym
end
required_attributes()

Required specification attributes

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 628
def self.required_attributes
  @@required_attributes.dup
end
reset()

Reset the list of known specs, running pre and post reset hooks registered in Gem.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 636
def self.reset
  @@dirs = nil
  # from = caller.first(10).reject { |s| s =~ /minitest/ }
  # warn ""
  # warn "NOTE: Specification.reset from #{from.inspect}"
  Gem.pre_reset_hooks.each  { |hook| hook.call }
  @@all = nil
  Gem.post_reset_hooks.each { |hook| hook.call }
end
Instance Public methods
_dump(limit)

Dump only crucial instance variables.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 716
def _dump(limit)
  Marshal.dump [
    @rubygems_version,
    @specification_version,
    @name,
    @version,
    date,
    @summary,
    @required_ruby_version,
    @required_rubygems_version,
    @original_platform,
    @dependencies,
    @rubyforge_project,
    @email,
    @authors,
    @description,
    @homepage,
    true, # has_rdoc
    @new_platform,
    @licenses
  ]
end
activate()

Activate this spec, registering it as a loaded spec and adding it's lib paths to $LOAD_PATH. Returns true if the spec was activated, false if it was previously activated. Freaks out if there are conflicts upon activation.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 745
def activate
  raise_if_conflicts

  return false if Gem.loaded_specs[self.name]

  activate_dependencies
  add_self_to_load_path

  Gem.loaded_specs[self.name] = self
  @activated = true
  @loaded = true

  return true
end
activate_dependencies()

Activate all unambiguously resolved runtime dependencies of this spec. Add any ambigous dependencies to the unresolved list to be resolved later, as needed.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 765
def activate_dependencies
  self.runtime_dependencies.each do |spec_dep|
    if loaded = Gem.loaded_specs[spec_dep.name]
      next if spec_dep.matches_spec? loaded

      msg = "can't satisfy '#{spec_dep}', already activated '#{loaded.full_name}'"
      e = Gem::LoadError.new msg
      e.name = spec_dep.name

      raise e
    end

    specs = spec_dep.to_specs

    if specs.size == 1 then
      specs.first.activate
    else
      name = spec_dep.name
      Gem.unresolved_deps[name] = Gem.unresolved_deps[name].merge spec_dep
    end
  end

  Gem.unresolved_deps.delete self.name
end
add_bindir(executables)

Returns an array with bindir attached to each executable in the executables list

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 794
def add_bindir(executables)
  return nil if executables.nil?

  if @bindir then
    Array(executables).map { |e| File.join(@bindir, e) }
  else
    executables
  end
rescue
  return nil
end
add_dependency(gem, *requirements)
add_development_dependency(gem, *requirements)

Adds a development dependency named gem with requirements to this Gem. For example:

spec.add_development_dependency 'example', '~> 1.1', '>= 1.1.4'

Development dependencies aren't installed by default and aren't activated when a gem is required.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 838
def add_development_dependency(gem, *requirements)
  add_dependency_with_type(gem, :development, *requirements)
end
add_runtime_dependency(gem, *requirements)

Adds a runtime dependency named gem with requirements to this Gem. For example:

spec.add_runtime_dependency 'example', '~> 1.1', '>= 1.1.4'
Also aliased as: add_dependency
# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 848
def add_runtime_dependency(gem, *requirements)
  add_dependency_with_type(gem, :runtime, *requirements)
end
add_self_to_load_path()

Adds this spec's require paths to LOAD_PATH, in the proper location.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 857
def add_self_to_load_path
  paths = require_paths.map do |path|
    File.join full_gem_path, path
  end

  # gem directories must come after -I and ENV['RUBYLIB']
  insert_index = Gem.load_path_insert_index

  if insert_index then
    # gem directories must come after -I and ENV['RUBYLIB']
    $LOAD_PATH.insert(insert_index, *paths)
  else
    # we are probably testing in core, -I and RUBYLIB don't apply
    $LOAD_PATH.unshift(*paths)
  end
end
author()

Singular reader for authors

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 877
def author
  val = authors and val.first
end
author=(o)

Singular writer for authors

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 884
def author= o
  self.authors = [o]
end
authors()

The list of author names who wrote this gem.

If you are providing multiple authors and multiple emails they should be in the same order such that:

Hash[*spec.authors.zip(spec.emails).flatten]

Gives a hash of author name to email address.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 898
def authors
  @authors ||= []
end
authors=(value)

Sets the list of authors, ensuring it is an array.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 905
def authors= value
  @authors = Array(value).flatten.grep(String)
end
base_dir()

Returns the full path to the base gem directory.

eg: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 914
def base_dir
  return Gem.dir unless loaded_from
  @base_dir ||= File.dirname File.dirname loaded_from
end
bin_dir()

Returns the full path to installed gem's bin directory.

NOTE: do not confuse this with bindir, which is just 'bin', not a full path.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 925
def bin_dir
  @bin_dir ||= File.join gem_dir, bindir # TODO: this is unfortunate
end
bin_file(name)

Returns the full path to an executable named name in this gem.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 932
def bin_file name
  File.join bin_dir, name
end
cache_dir()

Returns the full path to the cache directory containing this spec's cached gem.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 940
def cache_dir
  @cache_dir ||= File.join base_dir, "cache"
end
cache_file()

Returns the full path to the cached gem for this spec.

Also aliased as: cache_gem
# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 947
def cache_file
  @cache_file ||= File.join cache_dir, "#{full_name}.gem"
end
cache_gem()
Alias for: cache_file
conflicts()

Return any possible conflicts against the currently loaded specs.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 956
def conflicts
  conflicts = {}
  Gem.loaded_specs.values.each do |spec|
    bad = self.runtime_dependencies.find_all { |dep|
      spec.name == dep.name and not spec.satisfies_requirement? dep
    }

    conflicts[spec] = bad unless bad.empty?
  end
  conflicts
end
contains_requirable_file?(file)

Return true if this spec can require file.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 971
def contains_requirable_file? file
  root = full_gem_path

  require_paths.each do |lib|
    base = "#{root}/#{lib}/#{file}"
    Gem.suffixes.each do |suf|
      path = "#{base}#{suf}"
      return true if File.file? path
    end
  end

  return false
end
date()

The date this gem was created. Lazily defaults to TODAY.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 988
def date
  @date ||= TODAY
end
date=(date)

The date this gem was created

Do not set this, it is set automatically when the gem is packaged.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 997
def date= date
  # We want to end up with a Time object with one-day resolution.
  # This is the cleanest, most-readable, faster-than-using-Date
  # way to do it.
  @date = case date
          when String then
            if /\A(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})\Z/ =~ date then
              Time.utc($1.to_i, $2.to_i, $3.to_i)

            # Workaround for where the date format output from psych isn't
            # parsed as a Time object by syck and thus comes through as a
            # string.
            elsif /\A(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2}) \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+?Z\z/ =~ date then
              Time.utc($1.to_i, $2.to_i, $3.to_i)
            else
              raise(Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
                    "invalid date format in specification: #{date.inspect}")
            end
          when Time, Date then
            Time.utc(date.year, date.month, date.day)
          else
            TODAY
          end
end
default_executable()

The default executable for this gem.

Deprecated: The name of the gem is assumed to be the name of the executable now. See Gem.bin_path.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1028
def default_executable
  if defined?(@default_executable) and @default_executable
    result = @default_executable
  elsif @executables and @executables.size == 1
    result = Array(@executables).first
  else
    result = nil
  end
  result
end
default_value(name)

The default value for specification attribute name

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1042
def default_value name
  @@default_value[name]
end
dependencies()

A list of Gem::Dependency objects this gem depends on.

Use add_dependency or add_development_dependency to add dependencies to a gem.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1052
def dependencies
  @dependencies ||= []
end
dependent_gems()

Return a list of all gems that have a dependency on this gemspec. The list is structured with entries that conform to:

[depending_gem, dependency, [list_of_gems_that_satisfy_dependency]]
# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1062
def dependent_gems
  out = []
  Gem::Specification.each do |spec|
    spec.dependencies.each do |dep|
      if self.satisfies_requirement?(dep) then
        sats = []
        find_all_satisfiers(dep) do |sat|
          sats << sat
        end
        out << [spec, dep, sats]
      end
    end
  end
  out
end
dependent_specs()

Returns all specs that matches this spec's runtime dependencies.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1081
def dependent_specs
  runtime_dependencies.map { |dep| dep.to_specs }.flatten
end
description=(str)

A long description of this gem

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1088
def description= str
  @description = str.to_s
end
development_dependencies()

List of dependencies that are used for development

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1095
def development_dependencies
  dependencies.select { |d| d.type == :development }
end
doc_dir()

Returns the full path to this spec's documentation directory.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1102
def doc_dir
  @doc_dir ||= File.join base_dir, 'doc', full_name
end
executable()

Singular accessor for executables

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1134
def executable
  val = executables and val.first
end
executable=(o)

Singular accessor for executables

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1141
def executable=o
  self.executables = [o]
end
executables()

Executables included in the gem.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1148
def executables
  @executables ||= []
end
executables=(value)

Sets executables to value, ensuring it is an array. Don't use this, push onto the array instead.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1156
def executables= value
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @executables = Array(value)
end
extensions()

Extensions to build when installing the gem. See Gem::Installer#build_extensions for valid values.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1165
def extensions
  @extensions ||= []
end
extensions=(extensions)

Sets extensions to extensions, ensuring it is an array. Don't use this, push onto the array instead.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1173
def extensions= extensions
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @extensions = Array extensions
end
extra_rdoc_files()

Extra files to add to RDoc such as README or doc/examples.txt

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1181
def extra_rdoc_files
  @extra_rdoc_files ||= []
end
extra_rdoc_files=(files)

Sets #extra_rdoc_files to files, ensuring it is an array. Don't use this, push onto the array instead.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1189
def extra_rdoc_files= files
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @extra_rdoc_files = Array files
end
file_name()

The default (generated) file name of the gem. See also spec_name.

spec.file_name # => "example-1.0.gem"
# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1199
def file_name
  "#{full_name}.gem"
end
files()

Files included in this gem. You cannot append to this accessor, you must assign to it.

Only add files you can require to this list, not directories, etc.

Directories are automatically stripped from this list when building a gem, other non-files cause an error.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1212
def files
  # DO NOT CHANGE TO ||= ! This is not a normal accessor. (yes, it sucks)
  @files = [@files,
            @test_files,
            add_bindir(@executables),
            @extra_rdoc_files,
            @extensions,
           ].flatten.uniq.compact
end
files=(files)

Sets files to files, ensuring it is an array.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1225
def files= files
  @files = Array files
end
for_cache()

Creates a duplicate spec without large blobs that aren't used at runtime.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1243
def for_cache
  spec = dup

  spec.files = nil
  spec.test_files = nil

  spec
end
full_gem_path()

The full path to the gem (install path + full name).

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1255
def full_gem_path
  # TODO: try to get rid of this... or the awkward
  # TODO: also, shouldn't it default to full_name if it hasn't been written?
  return @full_gem_path if defined?(@full_gem_path) && @full_gem_path

  @full_gem_path = File.expand_path File.join(gems_dir, full_name)

  return @full_gem_path if File.directory? @full_gem_path

  @full_gem_path = File.expand_path File.join(gems_dir, original_name)
end
full_name()

Returns the full name (name-version) of this Gem. Platform information is included (name-version-platform) if it is specified and not the default Ruby platform.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1272
def full_name
  if platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY or platform.nil? then
    "#{@name}-#{@version}"
  else
    "#{@name}-#{@version}-#{platform}"
  end
end
gem_dir()

Returns the full path to this spec's gem directory. eg: /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/gems/mygem-1.0

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1284
def gem_dir
  @gem_dir ||= File.expand_path File.join(gems_dir, full_name)
end
gems_dir()

Returns the full path to the gems directory containing this spec's gem directory. eg: /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/gems

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1292
def gems_dir
  # TODO: this logic seems terribly broken, but tests fail if just base_dir
  @gems_dir ||= File.join(loaded_from && base_dir || Gem.dir, "gems")
end
has_rdoc()

Deprecated and ignored, defaults to true.

Formerly used to indicate this gem was RDoc-capable.

Also aliased as: has_rdoc?
# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1302
def has_rdoc
  true
end
has_rdoc=(ignored)

Deprecated and ignored.

Formerly used to indicate this gem was RDoc-capable.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1311
def has_rdoc= ignored
  @has_rdoc = true
end
has_rdoc?()
Alias for: has_rdoc
has_unit_tests?()

True if this gem has files in #test_files

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1320
def has_unit_tests?
  not test_files.empty?
end
initialize_copy(other_spec)

Duplicates ::array_attributes from other_spec so state isn't shared.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1374
def initialize_copy other_spec
  other_ivars = other_spec.instance_variables
  other_ivars = other_ivars.map { |ivar| ivar.intern } if # for 1.9
    String === other_ivars.first

  self.class.array_attributes.each do |name|
    name = :"@#{name}"
    next unless other_ivars.include? name

    begin
      val = other_spec.instance_variable_get(name)
      if val then
        instance_variable_set name, val.dup
      elsif Gem.configuration.really_verbose
        warn "WARNING: #{full_name} has an invalid nil value for #{name}"
      end
    rescue TypeError
      e = Gem::FormatException.new            "#{full_name} has an invalid value for #{name}"

      e.file_path = loaded_from
      raise e
    end
  end
end
installation_path()

The directory that this gem was installed into. TODO: rename - horrible. this is the #base_dir for a gem path

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1404
def installation_path
  loaded_from && base_dir
end
lib_dirs_glob()

Returns a string usable in Dir.glob to match all requirable paths for this spec.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1412
def lib_dirs_glob
  dirs = if self.require_paths.size > 1 then
           "{#{self.require_paths.join(',')}}"
         else
           self.require_paths.first
         end

  "#{self.full_gem_path}/#{dirs}"
end
lib_files()

Files in the Gem under one of the #require_paths

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1425
def lib_files
  @files.select do |file|
    require_paths.any? do |path|
      file.index(path) == 0
    end
  end
end
license()

Singular accessor for licenses

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1436
def license
  val = licenses and val.first
end
license=(o)

Singular accessor for licenses

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1443
def license=o
  self.licenses = [o]
end
licenses()

The license(s) for the library. Each license must be a short name, no more than 64 characters.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1451
def licenses
  @licenses ||= []
end
licenses=(licenses)

Set licenses to licenses, ensuring it is an array.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1458
def licenses= licenses
  @licenses = Array licenses
end
loaded_from=(path)

Set the location a Specification was loaded from. obj is converted to a String.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1466
def loaded_from= path
  @loaded_from = path.to_s
end
mark_version()

Sets the #rubygems_version to the current RubyGems version.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1473
def mark_version
  @rubygems_version = Gem::VERSION
end
matches_for_glob(glob)

Return all files in this gem that match for glob.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1480
def matches_for_glob glob # TODO: rename?
  # TODO: do we need these?? Kill it
  glob = File.join(self.lib_dirs_glob, glob)

  Dir[glob].map { |f| f.untaint } # FIX our tests are broken, run w/ SAFE=1
end
normalize()

Normalize the list of files so that:

  • All file lists have redundancies removed.

  • Files referenced in the #extra_rdoc_files are included in the package file list.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1505
def normalize
  if defined?(@extra_rdoc_files) and @extra_rdoc_files then
    @extra_rdoc_files.uniq!
    @files ||= []
    @files.concat(@extra_rdoc_files)
  end

  @files            = @files.uniq if @files
  @extensions       = @extensions.uniq if @extensions
  @test_files       = @test_files.uniq if @test_files
  @executables      = @executables.uniq if @executables
  @extra_rdoc_files = @extra_rdoc_files.uniq if @extra_rdoc_files
end
platform()

The platform this gem runs on. See Gem::Platform for details.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1541
def platform
  @new_platform ||= Gem::Platform::RUBY
end
platform=(platform)

The platform this gem runs on. See Gem::Platform for details.

Setting this to any value other than Gem::Platform::RUBY or Gem::Platform::CURRENT is probably wrong.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1551
def platform= platform
  if @original_platform.nil? or
     @original_platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    @original_platform = platform
  end

  case platform
  when Gem::Platform::CURRENT then
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.local
    @original_platform = @new_platform.to_s

  when Gem::Platform then
    @new_platform = platform

  # legacy constants
  when nil, Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
  when 'mswin32' then # was Gem::Platform::WIN32
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'x86-mswin32'
  when 'i586-linux' then # was Gem::Platform::LINUX_586
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'x86-linux'
  when 'powerpc-darwin' then # was Gem::Platform::DARWIN
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'ppc-darwin'
  else
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new platform
  end

  @platform = @new_platform.to_s

  @new_platform
end
raise_if_conflicts()

Check the spec for possible conflicts and freak out if there are any.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1612
def raise_if_conflicts
  other = Gem.loaded_specs[self.name]

  if other and self.version != other.version then
    # This gem is already loaded.  If the currently loaded gem is not in the
    # list of candidate gems, then we have a version conflict.

    msg = "can't activate #{full_name}, already activated #{other.full_name}"

    e = Gem::LoadError.new msg
    e.name = self.name
    # TODO: e.requirement = dep.requirement

    raise e
  end

  conf = self.conflicts

  unless conf.empty? then
    y = conf.map { |act,con|
      "#{act.full_name} conflicts with #{con.join(", ")}"
    }.join ", "

    # TODO: improve message by saying who activated `con`

    raise Gem::LoadError, "Unable to activate #{self.full_name}, because #{y}"
  end
end
rdoc_options()

An ARGV style array of options to RDoc

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1644
def rdoc_options
  @rdoc_options ||= []
end
rdoc_options=(options)

Sets #rdoc_options to value, ensuring it is an array. Don't use this, push onto the array instead.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1652
def rdoc_options= options
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @rdoc_options = Array options
end
require_path()

Singular accessor for require_paths

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1660
def require_path
  val = require_paths and val.first
end
require_path=(path)

Singular accessor for require_paths

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1667
def require_path= path
  self.require_paths = [path]
end
required_ruby_version=(req)

The version of ruby required by this gem

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1674
def required_ruby_version= req
  @required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.create req
end
required_rubygems_version=(req)

The RubyGems version required by this gem

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1681
def required_rubygems_version= req
  @required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.create req
end
requirements()

An array or things required by this gem. Not used by anything presently.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1689
def requirements
  @requirements ||= []
end
requirements=(req)

Set requirements to req, ensuring it is an array. Don't use this, push onto the array instead.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1697
def requirements= req
  # TODO: warn about setting instead of pushing
  @requirements = Array req
end
ri_dir()

Returns the full path to this spec's ri directory.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1705
def ri_dir
  @ri_dir ||= File.join base_dir, 'ri', full_name
end
runtime_dependencies()

List of dependencies that will automatically be activated at runtime.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1733
def runtime_dependencies
  dependencies.select { |d| d.type == :runtime }
end
satisfies_requirement?(dependency)

Checks if this specification meets the requirement of dependency.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1749
def satisfies_requirement? dependency
  return @name == dependency.name &&
    dependency.requirement.satisfied_by?(@version)
end
sort_obj()

Returns an object you can use to sort specifications in sort_by.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1757
def sort_obj
  # TODO: this is horrible. Deprecate it.
  [@name, @version, @new_platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY ? -1 : 1]
end
spec_dir()

Returns the full path to the directory containing this spec's gemspec file. eg: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/specifications

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1766
def spec_dir
  @spec_dir ||= File.join base_dir, "specifications"
end
spec_file()

Returns the full path to this spec's gemspec file. eg: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/specifications/mygem-1.0.gemspec

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1774
def spec_file
  @spec_file ||= File.join spec_dir, "#{full_name}.gemspec"
end
spec_name()

The default name of the gemspec. See also file_name

spec.spec_name # => "example-1.0.gemspec"
# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1783
def spec_name
  "#{full_name}.gemspec"
end
summary=(str)

A short summary of this gem's description.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1790
def summary= str
  @summary = str.to_s.strip.
    gsub(/(\w-)\n[ \t]*(\w)/, '\1\2').gsub(/\n[ \t]*/, " ") # so. weird.
end
test_file()

Singular accessor for test_files

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1798
def test_file
  val = test_files and val.first
end
test_file=(file)

Singular accessor for test_files

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1805
def test_file= file
  self.test_files = [file]
end
test_files()

Test files included in this gem. You cannot append to this accessor, you must assign to it.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1813
def test_files
  # Handle the possibility that we have @test_suite_file but not
  # @test_files.  This will happen when an old gem is loaded via
  # YAML.
  if defined? @test_suite_file then
    @test_files = [@test_suite_file].flatten
    @test_suite_file = nil
  end
  if defined?(@test_files) and @test_files then
    @test_files
  else
    @test_files = []
  end
end
test_files=(files)

Set #test_files to files, ensuring it is an array.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1831
def test_files= files
  @test_files = Array files
end
to_ruby()

Returns a Ruby code representation of this specification, such that it can be eval'ed and reconstruct the same specification later. Attributes that still have their default values are omitted.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1851
def to_ruby
  mark_version
  result = []
  result << "# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-"
  result << nil
  result << "Gem::Specification.new do |s|"

  result << "  s.name = #{ruby_code name}"
  result << "  s.version = #{ruby_code version}"
  unless platform.nil? or platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    result << "  s.platform = #{ruby_code original_platform}"
  end
  result << ""
  result << "  s.required_rubygems_version = #{ruby_code required_rubygems_version} if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version="

  handled = [
    :dependencies,
    :name,
    :platform,
    :required_rubygems_version,
    :specification_version,
    :version,
    :has_rdoc,
    :default_executable,
  ]

  @@attributes.each do |attr_name|
    next if handled.include? attr_name
    current_value = self.send(attr_name)
    if current_value != default_value(attr_name) or
       self.class.required_attribute? attr_name then
      result << "  s.#{attr_name} = #{ruby_code current_value}"
    end
  end

  result << nil
  result << "  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then"
  result << "    s.specification_version = #{specification_version}"
  result << nil

  result << "    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then"

  dependencies.each do |dep|
    req = dep.requirements_list.inspect
    dep.instance_variable_set :@type, :runtime if dep.type.nil? # HACK
    result << "      s.add_#{dep.type}_dependency(%q<#{dep.name}>, #{req})"
  end

  result << "    else"

  dependencies.each do |dep|
    version_reqs_param = dep.requirements_list.inspect
    result << "      s.add_dependency(%q<#{dep.name}>, #{version_reqs_param})"
  end

  result << '    end'

  result << "  else"
    dependencies.each do |dep|
      version_reqs_param = dep.requirements_list.inspect
      result << "    s.add_dependency(%q<#{dep.name}>, #{version_reqs_param})"
    end
  result << "  end"

  result << "end"
  result << nil

  result.join "\n"
end
to_ruby_for_cache()

Returns a Ruby lighter-weight code representation of this specification, used for indexing only.

See to_ruby.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1927
def to_ruby_for_cache
  for_cache.to_ruby
end
traverse(trail = [], &block)

Recursively walk dependencies of this spec, executing the block for each hop.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1966
def traverse trail = [], &block
  trail = trail + [self]
  runtime_dependencies.each do |dep|
    dep.to_specs.each do |dep_spec|
      block[self, dep, dep_spec, trail + [dep_spec]]
      dep_spec.traverse(trail, &block) unless
        trail.map(&:name).include? dep_spec.name
    end
  end
end
validate(packaging = true)

Checks that the specification contains all required fields, and does a very basic sanity check.

Raises InvalidSpecificationException if the spec does not pass the checks..

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1984
def validate packaging = true
  require 'rubygems/user_interaction'
  extend Gem::UserInteraction
  normalize

  nil_attributes = self.class.non_nil_attributes.find_all do |name|
    instance_variable_get("@#{name}").nil?
  end

  unless nil_attributes.empty? then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
      "#{nil_attributes.join ', '} must not be nil"
  end

  if packaging and rubygems_version != Gem::VERSION then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
          "expected RubyGems version #{Gem::VERSION}, was #{rubygems_version}"
  end

  @@required_attributes.each do |symbol|
    unless self.send symbol then
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "missing value for attribute #{symbol}"
    end
  end

  unless String === name then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
          "invalid value for attribute name: \"#{name.inspect}\""
  end

  if require_paths.empty? then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
          'specification must have at least one require_path'
  end

  @files.delete_if            { |x| File.directory?(x) }
  @test_files.delete_if       { |x| File.directory?(x) }
  @executables.delete_if      { |x| File.directory?(File.join(@bindir, x)) }
  @extra_rdoc_files.delete_if { |x| File.directory?(x) }
  @extensions.delete_if       { |x| File.directory?(x) }

  non_files = files.reject { |x| File.file?(x) }

  unless not packaging or non_files.empty? then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
          "[\"#{non_files.join "\", \""}\"] are not files"
  end

  unless specification_version.is_a?(Fixnum)
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
          'specification_version must be a Fixnum (did you mean version?)'
  end

  case platform
  when Gem::Platform, Gem::Platform::RUBY then # ok
  else
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
          "invalid platform #{platform.inspect}, see Gem::Platform"
  end

  self.class.array_attributes.each do |field|
    val = self.send field
    klass = case field
            when :dependencies
              Gem::Dependency
            else
              String
            end

    unless Array === val and val.all? { |x| x.kind_of?(klass) } then
      raise(Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
            "#{field} must be an Array of #{klass}")
    end
  end

  [:authors].each do |field|
    val = self.send field
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{field} may not be empty" if
      val.empty?
  end

  licenses.each { |license|
    if license.length > 64
      raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
        "each license must be 64 characters or less"
    end
  }

  # reject lazy developers:

  lazy = '"FIxxxXME" or "TOxxxDO"'.gsub(/xxx/, '')

  unless authors.grep(/FI XME|TO DO/x).empty? then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not an author"
  end

  unless Array(email).grep(/FI XME|TO DO/x).empty? then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not an email"
  end

  if description =~ /FI XME|TO DO/x then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not a description"
  end

  if summary =~ /FI XME|TO DO/x then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException, "#{lazy} is not a summary"
  end

  if homepage and not homepage.empty? and
     homepage !~ /\A[a-z][a-z\d+.-]*:/i then
    raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException,
          "\"#{homepage}\" is not a URI"
  end

  # Warnings

  %w[author description email homepage summary].each do |attribute|
    value = self.send attribute
    alert_warning "no #{attribute} specified" if value.nil? or value.empty?
  end

  if description == summary then
    alert_warning 'description and summary are identical'
  end

  # TODO: raise at some given date
  alert_warning "deprecated autorequire specified" if autorequire

  executables.each do |executable|
    executable_path = File.join(bindir, executable)
    shebang = File.read(executable_path, 2) == '#!'

    alert_warning "#{executable_path} is missing #! line" unless shebang
  end

  true
end
version=(version)

Set the version to version, potentially also setting #required_rubygems_version if version indicates it is a prerelease.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 2128
def version= version
  @version = Gem::Version.create(version)
  self.required_rubygems_version = '> 1.3.1' if @version.prerelease?
  return @version
end
Instance Private methods
add_dependency_with_type(dependency, type, *requirements)

Adds a dependency on gem dependency with type type that requires requirements. Valid types are currently :runtime and :development.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 811
def add_dependency_with_type(dependency, type, *requirements)
  requirements = if requirements.empty? then
                   Gem::Requirement.default
                 else
                   requirements.flatten
                 end

  unless dependency.respond_to?(:name) &&
    dependency.respond_to?(:version_requirements)

    dependency = Gem::Dependency.new(dependency, requirements, type)
  end

  dependencies << dependency
end
find_all_satisfiers(dep)

Finds all gems that satisfy dep

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1232
def find_all_satisfiers dep
  Gem::Specification.each do |spec|
    yield spec if spec.satisfies_requirement? dep
  end
end
ruby_code(obj)

Return a string containing a Ruby code representation of the given object.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1713
def ruby_code(obj)
  case obj
  when String            then obj.dump
  when Array             then '[' + obj.map { |x| ruby_code x }.join(", ") + ']'
  when Gem::Version      then obj.to_s.dump
  when Date              then obj.strftime('%Y-%m-%d').dump
  when Time              then obj.strftime('%Y-%m-%d').dump
  when Numeric           then obj.inspect
  when true, false, nil  then obj.inspect
  when Gem::Platform     then "Gem::Platform.new(#{obj.to_a.inspect})"
  when Gem::Requirement  then "Gem::Requirement.new(#{obj.to_s.inspect})"
  else raise Gem::Exception, "ruby_code case not handled: #{obj.class}"
  end
end
same_attributes?(spec)

True if this gem has the same attributes as other.

# File ../ruby/lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1740
def same_attributes? spec
  @@attributes.all? { |name, default| self.send(name) == spec.send(name) }
end
Required gemspec attributes
Attributes
[RW] name

This gem's name

[RW] require_paths

Paths in the gem to add to $LOAD_PATH when this gem is activated.

The default ['lib'] is typically sufficient.

[RW] rubygems_version

The version of RubyGems used to create this gem.

Do not set this, it is set automatically when the gem is packaged.

[RW] specification_version

The Gem::Specification version of this gemspec.

Do not set this, it is set automatically when the gem is packaged.

[R] summary

A short summary of this gem's description. Displayed in `gem list -d`.

The description should be more detailed than the summary. For example, you might wish to copy the entire README into the description.

[R] version

This gem's version