Why is bundle downloading all the previous versions of gems?

[Ollie Glass]

I'm using bundle install to install the gems from a project. It's doing something I've not seen before, it seems to be downloading all the previous versions of the gems required, and their dependencies. Here's an excerpt:

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.21.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://production.cf.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.21.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.22.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://production.cf.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.22.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.23.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://production.cf.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.23.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.24.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://production.cf.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.24.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.25.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://production.cf.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.25.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.26.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://production.cf.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.26.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.27.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://bb-m.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.27.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.28.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://production.cf.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.28.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.29.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://production.cf.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.29.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.30.gemspec.rz

HTTP Redirection

Fetching from: http://production.cf.rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.30.gemspec.rz

HTTP Success

Fetching from: http://rubygems.org/quick/Marshal.4.8/active_scaffold_vho-3.1.0.gemspec.rz

It's taking a very long time. Is this necessary, or can I just have it retrieve the latest versions of gems?

Thanks,

Ollie

[Andre Arko]

This is a bug in Bundler that only activates when the Bundler dependency API is down. The latest version of Bundler (you can try the release candidate with `gem install bundler --pre` has fixed the bug, and the dependency API is back up. All that to say, no, that's not normal. :)