4 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb b/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb
index 80deb73bbb..dd840ef058 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting'
+require 'active_support/dependencies'
+
 module Rails
   # The Plugin class should be an object which provides the following methods:
   #
@@ -35,10 +38,10 @@ module Rails
     def load_paths
       report_nonexistant_or_empty_plugin! unless valid?
       
-      returning [] do |load_paths|
-        load_paths << lib_path  if has_lib_directory?
-        load_paths << app_paths if has_app_directory?
-      end.flatten
+      load_paths = []
+      load_paths << lib_path  if has_lib_directory?
+      load_paths << app_paths if has_app_directory?
+      load_paths.flatten
     end
     
     # Evaluates a plugin's init.rb file.
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb b/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb
index adc43da864..7a616c7911 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/rack/metal.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'active_support/ordered_hash'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute_accessors'
 
 module Rails
   module Rack
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails_generator.rb
index 9f0ffc1562..201a9e0f91 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails_generator.rb
@@ -21,16 +21,18 @@
 # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 #++
 
-$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
-$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../activesupport/lib")
-
 begin
-  require 'active_support'  
+  require 'active_support'
 rescue LoadError
-  require 'rubygems'
-  gem 'activesupport'
+  activesupport_path = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../activesupport/lib"
+  if File.directory?(activesupport_path)
+    $:.unshift activesupport_path
+    require 'active_support'
+  end
 end
+require 'active_support/core/all'
 
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 require 'rails_generator/base'
 require 'rails_generator/lookup'
 require 'rails_generator/commands'
diff --git a/railties/lib/tasks/framework.rake b/railties/lib/tasks/framework.rake
index 191c9361ff..b6f2f2bc18 100644
--- a/railties/lib/tasks/framework.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/tasks/framework.rake
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ namespace :rails do
   desc "Applies the template supplied by LOCATION=/path/to/template"
   task :template do
     require 'rails_generator/generators/applications/app/template_runner'
-    Rails::TemplateRunner.new(ENV["LOCATION"])
+    template = ENV["LOCATION"]
+    template = File.expand_path(template) if template !~ %r{\A[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9+\-\.]*://}
+    Rails::TemplateRunner.new(template)
   end
 
   namespace :update do