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Iñaki Baz Castillo

28 Feb, 2011 02:55 PM

Hi, supposing a gemspec containing:

Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
  spec.name = "xxx-handler"
  [...]
  spec.extensions = ["ext/xxx_parser/extconf.rb"]
end

when running "gem install xx-handler" the compiled extension xxx_parser.so is installed into GEMS_DIR/xxx-handler/lib/ directory.

Is it possible to tell the gemspec file to install the extension in a subdirectory within GEMS_DIR/xxx-handler/lib/ ?

Thanks a lot.

1. Support Staff 2 Posted by Luis Lavena on 28 Feb, 2011 03:12 PM

   

   Hello,

   Please read mkmf documentation about create_makefile

   See examples like sqlite3-ruby, mysql gem or others.

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2. Luis Lavena closed this discussion on 28 Feb, 2011 03:12 PM.

3. Iñaki Baz Castillo re-opened this discussion on 28 Feb, 2011 03:25 PM

4. 3 Posted by Iñaki Baz Castillo on 28 Feb, 2011 03:25 PM

   

   Thanks, using "create_makefile(dir/name)" does the work.

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5. Nick Quaranto closed this discussion on 17 Mar, 2011 03:34 PM.

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