[DRE-maint] [Bug 270619] Re: gem command is failing to parse "gem source index".

[Lucas Nussbaum]

unreproducible, no reply from submitter

** Changed in: libgems-ruby (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

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gem command is failing to parse "gem source index".
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270619
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Status in “libgems-ruby” package in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
executing "gem search webrick --remote"  results in following error.

*** REMOTE GEMS ***

Bulk updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org/
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteSourceException)
    Error fetching remote gem cache: NameError: uninitialized constant Gem::RemoteFetcher::StringIO reading http://gems.rubyforge.org/yaml

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pkgs installed "dpkg -l | grep -i ruby"

ii  irb                                        4.1                                                        Interactive Ruby (irb)
ii  irb1.8                                     1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1                                       Interactive Ruby (for Ruby 1.8)
ii  libgems-ruby1.8                            1.1.1-1~hardy1                                             libraries to use RubyGems, a package managem
ii  libmysql-ruby                              2.7.4-1                                                    MySQL module for Ruby
ii  libmysql-ruby1.8                           2.7.4-1                                                    MySQL module for Ruby 1.8
ii  libopenssl-ruby1.8                         1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1                                       OpenSSL interface for Ruby 1.8
ii  libreadline-ruby1.8                        1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1                                       Readline interface for Ruby 1.8
ii  libruby1.8                                 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1                                       Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.8
ii  rake                                       0.8.1-3                                                    a ruby build program
ii  rdoc1.8                                    1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1                                       Generate documentation from Ruby source file
ii  ruby                                       4.1                                                        An interpreter of object-oriented scripting 
ii  ruby1.8                                    1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.1                                       Interpreter of object-oriented scripting lan
ii  rubygems                                   1.1.1-1~hardy1                                             package management framework for Ruby librar
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os config "uname -a"

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