From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2009-08-02T01:40:13+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:24671] Re: request: include more headers/source in 	installations?

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Roger Pack<rogerdpack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Background:
>
> Currently ruby includes several useful files in its "include"
> subdirectory, for extensions to use.
>
> This is not, however, enough for certain extensions.
> Ex: ruby-debug requires several other files in order to build on 1.9
>
> node.h
> vm_core.h
> iseq.h
> eval_intern.h
> insns.inc
> insns_info.inc
>
> [at least currently].
>
> A few other gems also require files not included [ruby-internals,
> RubyNode for 1.8, etc.]
>
> This makes it inconvenient to install certain gems.
>
> Suggestion [from Mark Moseley]
>
> Why not just install all the *.h and *.inc files? It's not like they
> take up a lot of space.
>
> Thoughts welcome.

Since those are Ruby specifics, I believe the "make install" process
should install those into ruby/*

Let's open a ticket and hope Ruby-core see the value behind it ;-)

-- 
Luis Lavena
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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add,
but rather when there is nothing more to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exup�ry