class method

Gem::SpecFetcher.new

new(sources = nil)

lib/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb View on GitHub ↗

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.0.0/lib/rubygems/spec_fetcher.rb, line 57
def initialize(sources = nil)
  @sources = sources || Gem.sources

  @update_cache =
    begin
      File.stat(Gem.user_home).uid == Process.uid
    rescue Errno::EACCES, Errno::ENOENT
      false
    end

  @specs = {}
  @latest_specs = {}
  @prerelease_specs = {}

  @caches = {
    latest: @latest_specs,
    prerelease: @prerelease_specs,
    released: @specs,
  }

  @fetcher = Gem::RemoteFetcher.fetcher
end

Creates a new SpecFetcher. Ordinarily you want to use the default fetcher from Gem::SpecFetcher::fetcher which uses the Gem.sources.

If you need to retrieve specifications from a different source, you can send it as an argument.

See also .fetcher #available_specs #detect also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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