On Sep 28, 2007, at 17:22, Luis Lavena wrote: > On 9/28/07, Luis Lavena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm working on a patch and checking the tests cases. > > Pointless... it seems that on different platforms (darwin as example) > compile something in darwin will be compatible with darwin8, but not > darwin7 or 9 (as test_gem_platform.rb assert). > > http://pastie.caboo.se/101899 > > I know that is wrong... apply the changes I made bomb the darwin > plaform. > > But on windows, VC6 and VC8 aren't compatible builds, neither the > linking to msvcrt-ruby18 and msvcr80-ruby18... > > So installing gems made with Gem::Platform.local 'i386-mswin32' will > not work under Gem::Platform.local == 'i386-mswin32_80' ...due the > missing shared library. > > Guess until users face the problem and start closing tickets at > rubyforge will be some general acknowledge about it. > > What the hell... just ignore me.
I see what you mean, is there any other way to detect VC6 from Config::CONFIG? Would it be worthwhile to special-case for mswin32? -- Poor workers blame their tools. Good workers build better tools. The best workers get their tools to do the work for them. -- Syndicate Wars _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
