From: noreply@...
Date: 2007-03-27T11:09:55+09:00
Subject: [ ruby-Bugs-9604 ] mkmf find_header doesn't modify compiler include path in generated Makefile

Bugs item #9604, was opened at 2007-03-26 22:09
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Category: Standard Library
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Riley Lynch (rlynch)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: mkmf find_header doesn't modify compiler include path in generated Makefile

Initial Comment:
The doc for find_header reads in part:

  If the header is found then the path it was found on is added to the list
  of included directories that are sent to the compiler (via the -I switch).

However, although the search is correctly performed, it does not appear to affect the Makefile output. The implementation of find_header (around line 640 in mkmf.rb for ruby 1.8.4) reads in part:

  if try_cpp(cpp_include(header), opt)
    $INCFLAGS << " " << opt
    found = true
    break
  end

However, $INCFLAGS does not appear in the "configuration" method which generates the Makefile text. ($CPPFLAGS does, however.)

Compare find_library, which augments LIBS and LIBPATH in the Makefile if the corresponding library is found.

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