From: Chad Fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2005-05-13T20:18:41+09:00
Subject: Re: sqlite-ruby gem not building extension

On 5/12/05, Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov <Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2005, Chad Fowler wrote:
> 
> > gem install sqlite-ruby -v 2.2.3 -- --with-sqlite-dir=3D/Users/jdf/local
> >
> > Uses the double dash separate similar to the old startx script with X.
> 
> thank you for that hint!  has the gem team thought about rescuing unknown opts
> and just putting them back into the command line?
> 
> eg:
> 
>    begin
>      op.parse! ARGV
>    rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption => e
>      # preverve unknown options
>      e.recover ARGV
>    end
> 
> and then you could
> 
>    gem install sqlite-ruby -v 2.2.3 --with-sqlite-dir=3D/Users/jdf/local
> 
> ??
> 

Cool idea!  Thanks!

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