On Aug 2, 2:06 am, CUBRID <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > No, that's not what you need, see http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20#extensions You might also want ot look at an existing gem that contains a native library and see what it does
Fred > 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.
