No idea really. I also would like to know how I can clear out older gems from the mirrors so that people don't get 200 versions of mongrel to choose from. Zed A. Shaw http://www.zedshaw.com/ http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/ On 4/16/06 2:38 AM, "Stephen Waits" <steve / waits.net> wrote: > As you know, "gem install mongrel -y" presents this: > > Select which gem to install for your platform (i686-linux) > 1. mongrel 0.3.12.4 (ruby) > 2. mongrel 0.3.12.4 (mswin32) > 3. mongrel 0.3.12.3 (mswin32) > 4. mongrel 0.3.12.3 (ruby) > ... >> > > Is there any way to reliably do this non-interactively? > > echo "1" | gem install mongrel -y > > does not work, because the proper choice may be 1 or 2 for (ruby) - it's > inconsistent between versions and various gems. > > Please don't say, "use expect" :) > > Thanks, > Steve >