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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#--
+# Copyright 2006 by Chad Fowler, Rich Kilmer, Jim Weirich and others.
+# All rights reserved.
+# See LICENSE.txt for permissions.
+#++
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rubygems/gem_runner'
+
+required_version = Gem::Requirement.new ">= 1.8.2"
+
+unless required_version.satisfied_by? Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) then
+  abort "Expected Ruby Version #{required_version}, was #{RUBY_VERSION}"
+end
+
+# We need to preserve the original ARGV to use for passing gem options
+# to source gems.  If there is a -- in the line, strip all options after
+# it...its for the source building process.
+args = !ARGV.include?("--") ? ARGV.clone : ARGV[0...ARGV.index("--")]
+
+Gem::GemRunner.new.run args
+