Is not possible to have a user level rbconfig.rb. As in $HOME/.rbconfig.rb that would override the system level. In this case, the users could then copy either rbconfig.rb.sun_studio or rbconfig.rb.gcc as their $HOME/.rbconfig.rb.
Siva Jyri Virkki wrote: > Prashant Srinivasan wrote: >> So, in order to make using Ruby as easy as possible to folks with >> different preferences, we're considering packaging two versions of >> rbconfig.rb, one tailor made for gcc, and the other for Sun Studio. >> >> rbconfig.rb will be a symlink, and point to the gcc configuration. >> This is to make it seamless for a user of native Ruby gems like MySQL, >> Postgres etc., to get started without needing to learn about compiler >> locations/flags and the nitty-gritty. > > Sounds like a reasonable, if unfortunate, compromise to me. You'd > definitely want it to work out of the box and while gcc is always > available (on both Indiana & Nevada builds), many sites don't have > Studio installed. > >> The Studio configuration is for users who tend to have Sun Studio >> already installed on their systems - they get to use this by manually >> changing the rbconfig.rb symlink to point to rbconfig.rb.sun_studio > > Hm, you'd have to make the link editable (in the pkg) but I don't > remember if that's possible. > > (If not you could deliver the gcc rbconfig.rb in place, marked editable > and then the studio-rbconfig.rb as an example and document that it can > be copied over if desired.) > > >
