Hello Ross:

Here are my results:

s$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [powerpc-darwin7.8.0]
$ ruby -rmkmf -e 'find_header("libxml/xmlversion.h",  "/usr/include/libxml2")'
-e:1: undefined method `find_header' for main:Object (NoMethodError)

Cheers,
Nicholas

On 9/28/06, Ross Bamford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Nicholas,
>
> Heres a forwarded reply I posted on Ruby-talk earlier today.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 12:35 +0900, nicholas.henry wrote:
> > I'm trying to install libxml on osx as a gem (Ruby 1.8.2). Any ideas on
> > how to resolve these issues? (please see output below)
> >Thank you,
> > Nicholas
> >Attempting local installation of 'libxml'
> > Local gem file not found: libxml*.gem
> > Attempting remote installation of 'libxml'
> > Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> > extconf.rb:64: undefined method `find_header' for main:Object
> > (NoMethodError)
> > ERROR:  While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
> >     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
> > Gem files will remain installed in
> > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/libxml-ruby-0.3.8 for inspection.
> >   ruby extconf.rb install libxml\nchecking for socket() in -lsocket...
> > no
> > checking for gethostbyname() in -lnsl... no
> > checking for atan() in -lm... no
> > checking for atan() in -lm... yes
> > checking for inflate() in -lz... yes
> > checking for iconv_open() in -liconv... yes
> > checking for xmlParseDoc() in -lxml2... yes
> > checking for libxml/xmlversion.h... no
> >
>
> Hmm, find_header should be defined by mkmf, so I don't understand what's
> going on there. Maybe it's something to do with OSX - has anyone else
> seen this?
>
> Anyway, could you post up your ruby version? Also, the results of
> running this:
>
> $ ruby -rmkmf -e 'find_header("libxml/xmlversion.h",
> "/usr/include/libxml2")'
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Ross Bamford - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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