1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
index eac4ccaf01..cb22e1f1b1 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Gem::RemoteFetcher
 
   # Cached RemoteFetcher instance.
   def self.fetcher
-    @fetcher ||= new Gem.configuration[:http_proxy]
+    @fetcher ||= self.new Gem.configuration[:http_proxy]
   end
 
   # Initialize a remote fetcher using the source URI and possible proxy
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ class Gem::RemoteFetcher
     end
   rescue Timeout::Error
     raise FetchError, "timed out fetching #{uri}"
-  rescue OpenURI::HTTPError, IOError, SocketError, SystemCallError => e
+  rescue IOError, SocketError, SystemCallError => e
     raise FetchError, "#{e.class}: #{e} reading #{uri}"
+  rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => e
+    body = e.io.readlines.join "\n\t"
+    message = "#{e.class}: #{e} reading #{uri}\n\t#{body}"
+    raise FetchError, message
   end
 
   # Returns the size of +uri+ in bytes.
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ class Gem::RemoteFetcher
     end
 
   rescue SocketError, SystemCallError, Timeout::Error => e
-    raise FetchError, "#{e.message} (#{e.class})"
+    raise FetchError, "#{e.message} (#{e.class})\n\tgetting size of #{uri}"
   end
 
   private