benjohn
9/9/2006 8:44:00 AM
On 9 Sep 2006, at 09:30, Miron Tewfik wrote:
> Benjohn Barnes wrote:
>> I'm trying to instal a couple of gems this morning. Here's a log...
>>
>>> Tarragon:/Users/benjohn root# gem instal wirble
>>> ERROR: While executing gem ... (SocketError)
>>> getaddrinfo: No address associated with nodename
>>
>> I'm guessing that the gem server is down, but I don't know how I'd go
>> about checking this. Any ideas?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Benjohn
>
> I had the same error with ruby 1.8.5. ruby 1.8.4 works fine.
Hmmm....
> benjohn # ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [powerpc-darwin8.0]
> benjohn # gem -v
> 0.9.0
Oooh - working now :) I guess the gem server was down (or my link
was)? In which case a nicer error would be helpful.