Questions tagged [gemcutter]
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Do I still need source :gemcutter in Gemfile?
I have a file "Gemfile" in my Rails project root.
It says source :gemcutter in the very first line.
Do I still need the line? If I'm correct, http://rubygems.org/ is the official source, and Gem Cutter was merged into rubygems.org.

TK.
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GemCutter rake build now throws "undefined method 'write' for #
I just updated my Windows 2008 Server x64 box to rubygems 1.5.0 and now I cannot build a gem using the rake tasks (rake clobber build) that Gemcutter provides. I get the following error:
rake aborted!
undefined method `write' for…

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Can't install gemcutter as a Ruby Gem source
I'm trying to install the thinking sphinx gem, which is on gemcutter.org
When I run the command
gem sources -a http://gemcutter.org
I get the error:
Error fetching http://gemcutter.org:
bad response Not Found 404…

Mike Sutton
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Removing a gem from GemCutter
I want to delete a gem I uploaded to GemCutter. I couldn't find any commands for this. Some time ago there was a blog post stating gem deletion as an upcoming feature. I haven't seen any further official announcements about this feature.
Please let…

Harish Shetty
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How to fix a RubyGems.org project page after yanking a gem?
I have a gem published here: https://rubygems.org/gems/rangy-rails/
When I first released it in March 2013 I later realized that I had set an incorrect version.
I immediately yanked the gem and resubmitted it with the correct version. Unfortunately…

Mario Zigliotto
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rails gem programming - How do I try it before pushing to gemcutter?
I'm developing a new gem (fork of nifty-generators).
Right now my "deployment" consists on the following:
I make changes on the gem's source code
I commit to github
I update the gemspec lower numer (i.e. go from 0.1.1 to 0.1.2)
Build the gem and…

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Storing publicly available gems on my own gem repository
I have a Ruby application (not using Rails) that use my own Ruby gems. I have these gems hosted on a local gem repository server. Some of these gems have dependencies on other publicly available gems from gemcutter (ex: haml, curb).
Would it make…

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complicated installation spagetti of latest Rails 2.3.5
the basic and, I guess, more rhetorical question is why RoR installation/maintenance became so F%#$ing complicated?
Some background of the problem:
Platform: Windows XP
Ruby version: 1.8.6
A few dozens gems installed with gem version 1.2.0
Current…

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gem sources fails with a ETIMEDOUT
gem sources -a http://gemcutter.org
Error fetching http://gemcutter.org:
Errno::ETIMEDOUT: A connection attempt failed because the connected
party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established conn
ction failed because…

Jason
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How many times was a Ruby gem installed via `gem install` or `gem update`
I am trying to find out how many times a gem was installed via gem install or gem update.
For example, Watir 1.6.2:
it was installed 97 times via gemcutter (http://gemcutter.org/gems/watir/versions/1.6.2)
it is downloaded 4,027 times from…

Željko Filipin
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Gem creation and import
I currently am working on a project where I have a main application that has several hosted engines. One of these engines is for the authentication and session handling that is currently stored in the main application in its own root folder.
I wish…

Jay
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