On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 02:18:46PM -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > So here are some questions: > > 1) Where do Ruby packages go? > Currently it's /usr/lib/site_ruby (or /usr/lib64/site_ruby) under > which is one directory per Ruby version, and under which is either > modules or an arch-specific directory where "so"s and "la"s go. > This is Red Hat's choice of arrangement so I don't think Extras has > much choice in the matter, but there were some comments to the > effect that this is a bad idea. > > 2) What should Ruby packages require (via Requires:) to make sure Ruby > installs before them and to bind them to the necessary Ruby ABI > version? > Currently we just do the equivalent of Require: /usr/lib/site_ruby > for noarch packages, and Require: /usr/lib/site_ruby/1.8/i386_linux > for arch-specific packages. (s/lib/lib64/ and s/i386/x86_64/ on > x86_64; I have no idea what PPC does). > > 3) What specfile macros will accomplish #2 given that we can't use the > Perl and Python trick of calling the interpreter in the specfile to > define variables. > > So, who is able to give some guidance here? Can someone talk to Red > Hat's Ruby packagers and get their take on this? As I am highly interested in this, will sum the discussion up and send it to Akira Tagoh. I will send you a copy before, so we can cross check if I missed something? Best regards, Oliver -- Oliver Andrich --- oliver.andrich@xxxxxxxxx --- http://roughbook.de/ -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
