From: Stefan Achatz <erazor@...>
Date: 2005-05-31T00:20:21+09:00
Subject: Problems building gem with c-extension

Hello,
i want to build a gem with a c-extension.
Some infos:
Directory Stucture:
mygem/mygem.gemspec
mygem/lib/mydir/somefunctions.rb
mygem/ext/extconf.rb
mygem/ext/otherfunctions.c

File mygem/ext/extconf.rb:
require 'mkmf'
create_makefile('mydir/otherfunctions')

File mygem/mygem.gemspec:
require 'rubygems'
spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
    s.name         = 'MyGem'
    s.version      = '0.1.0'
    s.platform     = Gem::Platform::RUBY
    s.summary      = 'Something that doesnt work'
    s.description  = <<-EOF
    EOF
    s.require_path = 'lib'
    s.autorequire  = 'mydir/somefunctions'
    s.has_rdoc     = false
    s.files        = Dir.glob("{ext,lib,tests}/**/{*.rb,*.c}")
    s.extensions   = ['ext/extconf.rb']
    s.author       = 'Stefan Achatz'
    s.email        = 'me@home.de'
end
if $0 == __FILE__
    Gem::manage_gems
    Gem::Builder.new(spec).build
end

Now what does not work:
when i go into the ext-dir and call manually
ruby extconf.rb && make && make install
the dir mydir gets created in the site-ruby-library-dir and the library gets
copied there.

When i build and try to install the gem with
gem build mygem.gemspec
gem install MyGem-0.1.0.gem

the file otherfunctions.so gets copied to mygem/lib instead of
mygem/lib/mydir

a diff on the Makefiles resulting in the two ways show that the definitions
of RUBYLIBDIR and RUBYARCHDIR are different.
normal build results in $(sitelibdir)$(target_prefix) and
$(sitearchdir)$(target_prefix).
Whereas the gem-compile-process sets the dir fix to /usr/lib/.../MyGem/lib.

What can i do to get the library in the right place for
namespace-correctness?
Thanks in advance
Stefan Achatz