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               # File rubygems/commands/update_command.rb, line 22
def initialize
  super 'update', 'Update installed gems to the latest version',
    :document => %w[rdoc ri],
    :force    => false
  add_install_update_options
  OptionParser.accept Gem::Version do |value|
    Gem::Version.new value
    value
  end
  add_option('--system [VERSION]', Gem::Version,
             'Update the RubyGems system software') do |value, options|
    value = true unless value
    options[:system] = value
  end
  add_local_remote_options
  add_platform_option
  add_prerelease_option "as update targets"
  @updated   = []
  @installer = nil
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/update_command.rb, line 87
def execute
  if options[:system] then
    update_rubygems
    return
  end
  say "Updating installed gems"
  hig = highest_installed_gems
  gems_to_update = which_to_update hig, options[:args].uniq
  updated = update_gems gems_to_update
  updated_names = updated.map { |spec| spec.name }
  not_updated_names = options[:args].uniq - updated_names
  if updated.empty? then
    say "Nothing to update"
  else
    say "Gems updated: #{updated_names.join(' ')}"
    say "Gems already up-to-date: #{not_updated_names.join(' ')}" unless not_updated_names.empty?
  end
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/update_command.rb, line 171
def rubygems_target_version
  version = options[:system]
  update_latest = version == true
  if update_latest then
    version     = Gem::Version.new     Gem::VERSION
    requirement = Gem::Requirement.new ">= #{Gem::VERSION}"
  else
    version     = Gem::Version.new     version
    requirement = Gem::Requirement.new version
  end
  rubygems_update         = Gem::Specification.new
  rubygems_update.name    = 'rubygems-update'
  rubygems_update.version = version
  hig = {
    'rubygems-update' => rubygems_update
  }
  gems_to_update = which_to_update hig, options[:args], :system
  _, up_ver   = gems_to_update.first
  target = if update_latest then
             up_ver
           else
             version
           end
  return target, requirement
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/update_command.rb, line 203
def update_gem name, version = Gem::Requirement.default
  return if @updated.any? { |spec| spec.name == name }
  update_options = options.dup
  update_options[:prerelease] = version.prerelease?
  @installer = Gem::DependencyInstaller.new update_options
  say "Updating #{name}"
  begin
    @installer.install name, Gem::Requirement.new(version)
  rescue Gem::InstallError, Gem::DependencyError => e
    alert_error "Error installing #{name}:\n\t#{e.message}"
  end
  @installer.installed_gems.each do |spec|
    @updated << spec
  end
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/update_command.rb, line 223
def update_gems gems_to_update
  gems_to_update.uniq.sort.each do |(name, version)|
    update_gem name, version
  end
  @updated
end
             
            Update RubyGems software to the latest version.
 
               # File rubygems/commands/update_command.rb, line 234
def update_rubygems
  check_update_arguments
  version, requirement = rubygems_target_version
  check_latest_rubygems version
  update_gem 'rubygems-update', version
  installed_gems = Gem::Specification.find_all_by_name 'rubygems-update', requirement
  version        = installed_gems.first.version
  install_rubygems version
end
             
             
               # File rubygems/commands/update_command.rb, line 262
def which_to_update highest_installed_gems, gem_names, system = false
  result = []
  highest_installed_gems.each do |l_name, l_spec|
    next if not gem_names.empty? and
            gem_names.none? { |name| name == l_spec.name }
    highest_remote_ver = highest_remote_version l_spec
    if system or (l_spec.version < highest_remote_ver) then
      result << [l_spec.name, [l_spec.version, highest_remote_ver].max]
    end
  end
  result
end