[ruby-core:81204] Re: [ruby-cvs:65935] normal:r58761 (trunk): test/test_extilibs.rb: do not check the existence of fiddle

"U.NAKAMURA" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hi, eric
> 
> In message "[ruby-core:81202] Re: [ruby-cvs:65935] normal:r58761 (trunk): test/test_extilibs.rb: do not check the existence of fiddle"
>   on Tue, 16 May 2017 22:54:59 +0000, [e-mail] wrote:
> > 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)
> 
> 1) In my understanding, if extconf.rb of fiddle do not detect libffi
>    on the system, it'll use bundled version.
>    So, if fiddle was not built on your FreeBSD, the failure of
>    test_extlibs.rb detected a problem correctly :)
> 
> 2) I always configure with `--with-opt-dir=/usr/pkg` on my NetBSD box.
>    `/usr/pkg` is the base directory of pkgsrc, NetBSD's standard package
>    system just like FreeBSD's Ports Collection.
>    In general, user have to specify such directory by hand when configure,
>    but IMO if we can determine such directory as predefined by system,
>    configure should use it automatically.

OK, I will try to make out-of-the-box ./configure work better,
since I always forget --with-opt-dir

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

OK, r58764 reverts 58761.

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