Thank you! I will post to the rubygems gorup. But, if you might have time to explain me which specification exactly should be set, I would be very glad for your help! What I understand from what you've said is the "s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY" specification. If, so, this is exactly what I did, i.e. set it to Native Ruby.
Anyway, thank you for you help! Esen. On Jul 30, 6:53 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 30, 10:19 am, CUBRID <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I am encountering an odd behavior of gem install function. Can anyone > > explain me what "gem install" actually does? > > > I have several C code and header files, and one extconf.rb file, + > > mygem.gemspec file. So, when I build a gem it successfully creates > > mygem-0.61.gem. > > > So, when I install it locally using "gem install mygem-0.61.gem" I > > expect the gem to create a makefile, because in the extconf.rb file I > > explicitly indicate it, and then "make install" that newly created > > Makefile. However, "gem install' does not create a Makefile and does > > not install it. What it does is just copies those several files to the > > gem directory, where Gem keeps all its gems. > > > What I have to do is manually rub "ruby extconf.rb", which creates the > > Makefile, and manually "make install". > > > The questions is: Should not "gem install" perform all these operation > > by itself, when I type "gem install mygem"? > > You need to indicate in your gemspec that there is a native library to > build. You might get more answers on one of the main ruby lists as > this isn't really a rails question. > > Fred -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
