gistfile1.diff

diff --git a/lib/rubygems.rb b/lib/rubygems.rb
index 458a845..13994d4 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems.rb
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ module Gem
   # Gem::Requirement and Gem::Version documentation.
 
   def self.activate(gem, *version_requirements)
+    options = version_requirements.last.is_a?(Hash) ? version_requirements.pop : {}
+    sources = options[:sources] || []
     if version_requirements.empty? then
       version_requirements = Gem::Requirement.default
     end
@@ -139,8 +141,9 @@ module Gem
       existing_spec = @loaded_specs[gem.name]
 
       unless matches.any? { |spec| spec.version == existing_spec.version } then
+        sources_message = sources.map { |spec| spec.full_name }
         raise Gem::Exception,
-              "can't activate #{gem}, already activated #{existing_spec.full_name}"
+              "can't activate #{gem} for #{sources_message.inspect}, already activated #{existing_spec.full_name}"
       end
 
       return false
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ module Gem
 
     # Load dependent gems first
     spec.runtime_dependencies.each do |dep_gem|
-      activate dep_gem
+      activate dep_gem, :sources => [spec, *sources]
     end
 
     # bin directory must come before library directories