How do you specify a minimum Ruby version in a gemspec?

Question

I\'m writing a gemspec for a new version of a gem that will now require Ruby 1.9. Previous versions of the gem were ok with Ruby 1.8, but now 1.9 will be required. Is there a wa

Answer 1

gem.required_ruby_version = '1.9.2'

Should solve your problem :-)

Answer 2

From the RubyGems documentation:

# This gem will work with 1.8.6 or greater...
spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.6'

# Only with ruby 2.0.x
spec.required_ruby_version = '~> 2.0'