From: Matthew Kerwin <matthew@...>
Date: 2012-03-29T20:26:22+09:00
Subject: Re: uninitialized constant SOCKSSocket

Oh and be sure to stringify/symbolify that undefined const:

...
end unless defined? :SOCKSSocket

On 29/03/2012, Matthew Kerwin <matthew@kerwin.net.au> wrote:
> It appears the class is only being defined if it's already defined.
> Maybe change the last line's "if" to "unless" ..?
>
> On 29/03/2012, Resident Moron <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> I am running ruby 1.9.3 on a linux box.  I would like to use
>> SOCKSSocket, however, I continue to run into the following error:
>>
>> uninitialized constant SOCKSSocket
>>
>> simple test using IRB
>> irb(main):001:0> require 'resolv-replace'
>> => true
>> irb(main):002:0> SOCKSSocket
>> NameError: uninitialized constant SOCKSSocket
>>   from (irb):2
>>   from /usr/local/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
>>
>> here is the source code directly from resolv-replace.rb
>> class SOCKSSocket < TCPSocket
>>   # :stopdoc:
>>   alias original_resolv_initialize initialize
>>   # :startdoc:
>>   def initialize(host, serv)
>>     original_resolv_initialize(IPSocket.getaddress(host), port)
>>   end
>> end if defined? SOCKSSocket
>>
>> I can't help but think that I need to install some dependency needed to
>> enable socks or something.  Anything would be helpful.
>>
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>>
>>
>
>
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>


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