On 12/21/06, carmen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 01:38:39PM -0500, Charles Brian Quinn wrote: > > I know we already mentioned this before on the list but I couldn't > > find it in the archives. Is there a way to differentiate the versions > > for ruby/mswin32 so that I could run a command like: > > > > # sudo gem install mongrel > > --source=http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/releases/ --include-dependencies > > --version 1.0 > > > > and have it not prompt me like this: > > > > Select which gem to install for your platform (i686-linux) > > 1. mongrel 1.0 (ruby) > > 2. mongrel 1.0 (mswin32) > > 3. Cancel installation > > > > my feeble attempts at scripting this and trying to automatically pipe > > or echo 1 into the installation are failing. > > > > Anyone know how to do this automatically > > > submit a patch to the rubygems package: > > m ~ # irb > irb(main):001:0> include Config > => Object > irb(main):002:0> CONFIG["arch"] > => "x86_64-linux" > irb(main):003:0> > > this should be enough for it to answer its own questions from now on... > > in the meantime, pay close attention when running 'gem install mongrel'. the > ruby version of FastThread is 2), while the ruby version of mongrel is 1) .. > > by ruby version, do we meen UNIX version? thats a bit confusing. since > presumably both versions have C code that is compiled to the platform (ie the > 'ruby' choice isnt really pure-ruby)
That is a problem, nor Zed or me could package precompiled versions of the gem to each platform supported by ruby. Also, each linux distro links against different version of glibc and with different shared libraries, which could turn things bad with a few segfaults due ABI incompatibilities. The "ruby" term used by rubygems could be interpreted as the simplest / plain gem that will work on any platform, if you could provide the conditions required for each particular case (like a compiler or another gem). In the case of mswin32, its also wrong, but is the only way to close the gap between users, and allow ppl without compilers or extensive C development knowledge use packages. I guess that couldn't and, from my POV, will not be fixed, at least on the gems I package or maintain. -- Luis Lavena Multimedia systems - Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. Vince Lombardi _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
