From: Jon Garvin <jgarvin.lists@...>
Date: 2008-09-05T05:13:34+09:00
Subject: Re: 'gem list --remote' is blank??

Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> 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?
>
Thanks, That's was a good idea. I disabled the firewall and tried again,
but got the same results.  We've never had problems updating gems on
this machine before.

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