From: kwatch <kwa@...>
Date: 2005-12-18T07:03:39+09:00
Subject: Re: how to update gems package version listed by rubygems?

Thanks Ross, I adopt your workaround and confirmed that
my *.gem package is listed by 'gem list --remote'.

Ross Bamford wrote:
> I just had a look through your Gem, and it looks to me like you've been
> hit with an incompatibility between YAML and Ruby 1.8.3. It was discussed
> a bit here recently but I can't find the thread :(
>
> If that does sound like you (on Ruby 1.8.3) then you could try the
> following workaround (I have it in my Rakefile):
>
>    # Quick fix for Ruby 1.8.3 / YAML bug
>    if (RUBY_VERSION == '1.8.3')
>      def spec.to_yaml
>        out = super
>        out = '--- ' + out unless out =~ /^---/
>        out
>      end
>    end

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regards,
kwatch