[DRE-maint] Bug#431033: libgems-ruby1.8: --http-proxy option cause gem to quit with exception

[James]

Package: libgems-ruby1.8
Version: 0.9.4-1
Severity: important


Whenever I try to install a new ruby gem or update the ones I have
through a http proxy, gem quits with an exception:

jh at dib:~$ sudo gem update --http-proxy http://wwwproxy.swin.edu.au:8000/
Password:
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
    undefined method `[]=' for #<Gem::ConfigFile:0xb77f7418>

This is reported in the upstream bug tracker
(http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=8152&group_id=126&atid=575),
but doesn't seem to have been fixed upstream despite the age of the
report.

The suggested patch in the bug tracker seems to work for me.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-jh (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libgems-ruby1.8 depends on:
ii  libopenssl-ruby1.8            1.8.6-1+b1 OpenSSL interface for Ruby 1.8
ii  libruby1.8                    1.8.6-1+b1 Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.
ii  rdoc1.8                       1.8.6-1    Generate documentation from Ruby s

Versions of packages libgems-ruby1.8 recommends:
ii  rubygems                      0.9.4-1    package management framework for R

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