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Created February 26, 2011 21:29
Fix for "Errno::ETIMEDOUT: Operation timed out - connect(2)" when installing gems
# A DNS change to Rubygems.org is causing lingering issues. Namely,
# rubygems.org and production.s3.rubygems.org are still pointing to
# the old address. See:
# http://twitter.com/#!/gemcutter/status/30666857698557952
# The symptoms:
# $ gem install benelux --version 0.5.17
# ERROR: Could not find a valid gem 'benelux' (= 0.5.17) in any repository
# ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::RemoteFetcher::FetchError)