From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...>
Date: 2017-05-16T22:54:59+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:81202] Re: [ruby-cvs:65935] normal:r58761 (trunk): test/test_extilibs.rb: do not check the existence of fiddle

"U.NAKAMURA" <usa@garbagecollect.jp> wrote:
> Hi, Eric
> 
> libffi may not be installed on all systems, but for such systems
> ruby bundles it.
> So on all systems we should build fiddle.
> 
> I've been building and testing fiddle on such platforms (Windows
> and NetBSD).
> What kind of problem did you encounter?

I used FreeBSD 11.0.  libffi is in /usr/local, so I would need
to rerun with "./configure --with-opt-dir=/usr/local"
(my usual ./configure --prefix= is $HOME)

Is fiddle that important?   Anyways, I can revert r58761 if you want.
Thanks.

> In message "[ruby-cvs:65935] normal:r58761 (trunk): test/test_extilibs.rb: do not check the existence of fiddle"
>   on Wed, 17 May 2017 07:05:39 +0900 (JST), normal@ruby-lang.org wrote:
> > normal	2017-05-17 07:05:39 +0900 (Wed, 17 May 2017)
> > 
> >   New Revision: 58761
> > 
> >   https://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=58761
> > 
> >   Log:
> >     test/test_extilibs.rb: do not check the existence of fiddle
> >     
> >     libffi is not installed on all systems, and is not needed
> >     for most of the tests.
> >     
> >     Tested on a fresh FreeBSD 11.0 VM
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     trunk/test/test_extlibs.rb

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