gistfile1.rb

# from lib/ruby/1.8/open-uri.rb at around line 230
# this only breaks on my mac

http = klass.new(target_host, target_port)
  if target.class == URI::HTTPS
    require 'net/https'
    http.use_ssl = true

    # commented this out because we aren't going to verify due 
    # to the bus error
    #http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER

    # added because we aren't going to verify 
    http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

    # commented out because this causes the bus error
    #store = OpenSSL::X509::Store.new
    #store.set_default_paths                                              
    #http.cert_store = store
  end
end