From: Mike Dalessio <mike.dalessio@...>
Date: 2009-05-29T11:11:32+09:00
Subject: Re: nokogirl on ubuntu: failed to build gem native extension

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2009/5/28 Eric Hodel <drbrain@segment7.net>

>
> On May 28, 2009, at 16:12, Alice Gheorghiu wrote:
>
>  Eric Hodel wrote:
>>
>>> On May 27, 2009, at 12:52, Alice Gheorghiu wrote:
>>>
>>> Notice also that it's nokogiri (last letter is 'i').
>>>
>>> Sorry, I lost the original, but there is a nokogirl gem:
>>>
>>
>>  $ gem list -r nokogir
>>>
>>> *** REMOTE GEMS ***
>>>
>>
>> nokogiri (1.2.3)
>> nokogirl (1.0)
>> $ gem dep -r nokogirl
>> Gem nokogirl-1.0
>> nokogiri (>= 0, runtime)
>>
>> I tried it too and it's there. What's the point? Should we try to
>> install nokogirl instead?
>>
>
> IIRC, Mike Dalessio always typed "nokogirl" instead of "nokogiri", so he
> released "nokogirl"
>

Since I was a small boy, I have always wanted to be famous for my poor
typing skills. So, I would love to sit back and let this particular piece of
urban mythology propagate.

However, nokogirl is just too damn funny to not give credit where it is due:

   http://judofyr.net/posts/nokogirl.html

Carry on.

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