# Handling rename of a gem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/handling-rename-of-a-gem/129315>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 16, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/handling-rename-of-a-gem/129315 "2008-02-16T17:27:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Laurent\_Cerveau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Laurent\_Cerveau](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Laurent_Cerveau)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/handling-rename-of-a-gem/129315/1 "2008-02-16T17:27:31Z")

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Hi

I am trying to make some web services client code with SOAP and so  
have installed soap4r. However this one needs http-access2 to work  
properly. This last one has however been renamed to httpclient  
([http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/http-access2/](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/http-access2/)  
).  
Is there a way to have the soap part “understanding the renaming”  
without modifying the code of it?

Thanks

laurent