From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-08-18T15:00:06+09:00
Subject: Re: require and the site_ruby directory...

Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality wrote:
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<snip a bunch>
>     Okay, after _way_ too many code modifications, I got it to almost 
> work...
>     One way that it is defective is that it can't always parse the links of 
> a page.  The strange thing is that it works find for some pages (like 
> slashdot.org) but completely fails for others (like rubyforge.org).  When it 
> fails, it does so by failing to collect the URL of the link and the script 
> dies by sending a message to a nil object.  I looked at the source and the 
> two pages seem to be the same to me.  Can anyone guess what's going on?
>     Also, why didn't "mechanize" "just work?"
>     Thank you..

It sounds like you didn't install this in any normal fashion? I have yet 
to run into public Ruby libraries which require you to copy them into 
the Ruby directory. Plus, I know Mechanize is available as a gem.
Why are you copying it manually? I would suspect this as the root of the 
issue, although it's hard to tell.

-Justin