From: Tanaka Akira <akr@...17n.org>
Date: 2002-01-07T15:27:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [ruby-talk:30440] net_require

In article <OE59qHNwK39FMZWlMki00006a6d@hotmail.com>,
  "Jack Dempsey" <dabigdemp@hotmail.com> writes:

> To Mark and others interested: the following code could be used to try requiring a file and if its not able to do so, go to a repository site and download it...that's all it does currently, but with security issues being discussed along the way, i think it might prove useful to those who'd care to use it:

I had similar idea few weeks ago.
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa-list.rhtml?name=net-require

Since it redefines `require' method, it works without modification of
application except -rnet-require option for ruby command.
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Tanaka Akira