Hi, I tried to install libxml-ruby 0.3.8 gem on my Ubuntu Linux box without success. The installation apparently succeeded with no errors, but 'gem check -t libxml-ruby' fails with the message
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- xml/libxml_so (LoadError) It seems that RubyGem expects the source directory for extensions to be different from where they are installed (typically 'lib/'), but the current libxml-ruby gem uses 'ext/' for both. Consequently, the following happens with 'gem install'; Note that 'gem install' runs 'extconf.rb' in 'ext/xml/' and then 'make; make install; make clean': 1. The file 'ext/xml/libxml_so.so' compiles fine. 2. Because RUBYARCHDIR is 'ext/xml/', 'make install' does nothing. # N.B. gem overwrites RUBYLIBDIR and RUBYARCHDIR to the value of # 'require_path' field in the gem spec just before 'make' is run. 3. gem finally runs 'make clean' and 'ext/xml/libxml_so.so' is removed. Attached is a patch that fixes the problem. It essentially - creates 'lib/xml' directory; - sets the gem spec 'require_path' field to 'lib/xml' (in place of 'ext/xml'); - moves 'ext/xml/libxml.rb' to 'lib/xml' directory; and - installs libxml_so.so in 'lib/xml' upon 'gem install'. My environment is: Ubuntu Linux 6.06 / RubyGem 0.9.0 / Ruby 1.8.4 Masashi Shimbo
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