On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 19:46 +0900, Mamoru Tasaka wrote:
> Thank you for reply.
>
> David Lutterkort wrote, at 11/04/2008 04:04 AM +9:00:
>
> > First off, I think this is a very good step in the right direction. A
> > couple of questions:
> >
> > * Is the example snippet from a spec file meant only for gems with
> > extension libraries or for all gems ?
>
> - Currently only with extention libraries.
> If rpm created from gem file is completely noarch, gem file can be installed
> under %{buildroot}%{gemdir} directly.
> (However, of course, there is no problem if we first install gem files
> under %{_builddir} first even if it is noarch)
Agreed. Ultimately, it would be nice to support more of this with some
stock macros; but that has nothing to do with your proposal.
> > * Do you have a full example somewhere that follows your
> > recommendations ?
>
> - I tried to rewrite spec files in Fedora related to rubygem, which I put
> under
> http://mtasaka.fedorapeople.org/rubygem_specs/
> The easiest example is
> http://mtasaka.fedorapeople.org/rubygem_specs/rubygem-fastthread.spec
Nice, just tried it and it does produce a -debuginfo, complete with
sources :)
> > * As for missing files in ext/, I would be happy either way; since
> > the C sources for extensions are usually very small, it would be
> > ok to install them as part of the rubygem- package. OTOH, I
> > don't see much danger in leaving them out from the rubygem. The
> > main point of building a rubygem- RPM is so that users can
> > satisfy rubygem-level dependencies for other rubygems with the
> > RPM-installed rubygem, i.e. if gem A is packaged as an rpm, and
> > a user wants to 'gem install B' where B has a gem-level dep on
> > A, that should still work. Users shouldn't expect that a 'gem
> > uninstall A' would work - it would confuse RPM, anyway.
>
> - Thanks. I added some guideline proposal about files under ext/ C codes with
> reflecting your commends.
The proposal looks really good - +1 from me.
David
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