On Oct 31, 2009, at 1:58 , Nic Benders wrote:

> You want to look in the gem extension's build directory for the actual
> output file from "configure". When it is testing something like
> "looking for mysql.h", what it is really doing is trying to compile a
> very simple C program that uses "include <mysql.h>" or equivalent.
> Although the "configure" program only outputs yes or no when it is
> run, it will also generally leave a log with the actual compiler
> error, and possibly the test code and command. With that you can
> figure out if the Ruby setup is at fault, or if you have some other,
> possibly unrelated compiler issue.


Many thanks for your help.

But please define "the gem extension's build directory" and how I  
determine what that is.

--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
SD Ruby mailing list
[email protected]
http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to