From: Chad Fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2004-08-28T07:53:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Install to bin dir?

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 07:42:30 +0900, T. Onoma <transami@runbox.com> wrote:
> On Friday 27 August 2004 05:38 pm, Chad Fowler wrote:
> > Quite easy with RubyGems:
> > http://rubygems.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?CreateAGemInTenMinutes
> > (specifically look at bindir and executables in the gem spec).
> 
> No doubt! And I have a setup for that. While it's tempting to take a Gem only
> route, I'm thinking it a good idea to hang on to a manual install too. Is
> that a good idea? I would like to here the pros and cons of that!
> 

Doing both is definitely a good plan for now.  But, of course, make
sure your users know which one you prefer (hint hint) :)

> > Alternatively, look in RubyGems' install.rb for the part that creates
> > binary stubs to see how we determine the bin directory.
> 
> Thanks, Chad. I've taken a look at the gems install.rb. I grok most of it but
> what's this about?
> 
>     if is_windows_platform
>       File.open(target+".cmd", "w") do |file|
>         file.puts "@ruby #{target} %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9"
>       end
>     end
> 

This is a hack to create 'shell scripts' for Windows users.  It's what
makes, for example, "rake blah" work from the command line in Windows.

It's obviously a little brittle as is.  Any ideas for improvement from
Windows experts would be welcome.

Thanks,
Chad