# Gems.rubyforge.org/yaml corrupt?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-rubyforge-org-yaml-corrupt/96309>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 28, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-rubyforge-org-yaml-corrupt/96309 "2006-06-28T02:23:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jason\_Dusek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jason\_Dusek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jason_Dusek)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-rubyforge-org-yaml-corrupt/96309/1 "2006-06-28T02:23:10Z")

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i sent this query to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid, but now that i  
think about i probably should have sent it here.

when i try to install something with gem, like this:

gem install postgresql

i get a ‘syntax error’ and a bunch of yaml:

Attempting local installation of ‘postgresql’  
Local gem file not found: postgresql\*.gem  
Attempting remote installation of ‘postgresql’  
Updating Gem source index for: [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)  
ERROR: While executing gem … (ArgumentError)  
syntax error on line 142311, col 1177: ` - - “\>”  
- !ruby/object:Gem::Version  
version: 0.0.0  
version:  
platform: ruby  
\</…etc…\>

activesalesforce-0.0.2: !ruby/object:Gem::Specification  
\</…etc…\>

it turns out this happens whenever i try to install anything at all.  
my install of gem seems to be okay - i can run ‘gem list’ and the like  
without any trouble.

the error line admonishes us “syntax error on line 142311, col 1177”.  
i downloaded the yaml file from [gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org) and tried to figure  
out what was wrong with it. if you go to line 142311, there’s nothing  
special about it, except that it’s not long enough to have a column  
1177:

rubyforge\_project: trestle

however, the line below it is very long and has an non-numeric control  
sequence, \xFC, at column 1170. could this be the cause of the  
problem? i don’t know - i’m not sure how to get gems to read a local  
copy of the yaml repository listing.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Dusek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jason\_Dusek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jason_Dusek)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-rubyforge-org-yaml-corrupt/96309/2 "2006-06-28T02:41:36Z")

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it seems to work now - i don’t really get what happenned.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Dusek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jason\_Dusek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jason_Dusek)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-rubyforge-org-yaml-corrupt/96309/3 "2006-06-28T03:11:46Z")

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Jason Dusek wrote:

> it seems to work now - i don’t really get what happenned.

The gem index is rebuilt periodically. It could be that the build of  
the index failed for some reason but was built successfully in the next  
cycle.

Just guessing.

– Jim W.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Dusek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jason\_Dusek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jason_Dusek)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-rubyforge-org-yaml-corrupt/96309/4 "2006-06-28T03:00:47Z")

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On Jun 27, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Jason Dusek wrote:

> it seems to work now - i don’t really get what happenned.

I was getting a similar error earlier this afternoon and it seems to  
have cleared up within the last hour or so.

–  
Jason P.  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

“The computer allows you to make mistakes  
faster than any other invention, with the  
possible exception of handguns and tequila.”

-Mitch Ratcliffe