From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-09-05T04:46:39+09:00
Subject: Re: 'gem list --remote' is blank??

Jon Garvin wrote:
> ara.t.howard wrote:
>> On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Jon Garvin wrote:
>>
>>> When running 'gem list --remote' on our linux and mac machines, we get a
>>> huge list of available gems, but when doing the same on a windows laptop
>>> in the office, we just get...
>>>
>>> *** REMOTE GEMS ***
>>>
>>> Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> and then after a long while, it returns to the command line without
>>> listing any gems.
>>>
>>> Does anybody have a clue what's going on? The laptop is on the network,
>>> and we can browse to http://gems.rugyforge.org/ just fine.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> i installed them all. all gems are gone.
> If that was intended to be a helpful suggestion, I'm afraid I don't
> understand what you're trying to say.

It was a very droll (or troll?) joke :)

For me on windows, this list populates normally. Could it be a firewall 
issue? Windows blocking outgoing traffic?

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