On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 06:54:15PM -0800, Kevin Clark wrote: > > (a) How do I tell rubygems to invoke "rake" rather than "make" during > > the build process? I assume I just need to put something in > > the .gemspec, but I don't know what. > > If you have a Rakefile or a mkrf_config in the ext directory, it > should use those instead of an extconf.
This only works with rubygems 0.9.5 or higher, before that rubygems did not support mkrf extensions. > > (b) How do I tell rubygems that my gem now has a dependency on the > > "mkrf" gem? > > Just add mkrf as a dependency like you would with other gems. > > > Are there documents or examples showing how to properly use gems in > > conjunction with a C extension and its build process? How do other > > people make sure path names are quoted properly? Should I use mkmf or > > mkrf? > > There's an example in the Pickaxe, and one here > http://www.tarkblog.org/rubyextension You can also look at the ruby-libtommath gem. Its a pretty simple example of using gems and mkrf to package an extension. > I can't speak to quoting pathnames. I'd say mkrf is probably a better > starting point if _any_ hacking is to be done. I've quarantined the > part of my brain that understood mkmf for fear the disease would > spread. It isn't as widely used though, so there may be things > missing. Please _do_ file bug reports if that's the case. > > > Is there comprehensive documentation for a .gemspec file? > > Probably, but honestly at this point I end up going to the source or > to my other gems. The rubygems GemSpec references is online http://rubygems.org/read/chapter/20#page85 It is not completely comprehensive, but I've found it invaluable. enjoy, -jeremy -- ======================================================================== Jeremy Hinegardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Rubygems-developers mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rubygems-developers
