From: Tim Nordloh <tnordloh@...>
Date: 2006-03-23T06:46:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on HP-UX

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Well, my basic Ruby scripts run ok for my basic needs, and no -- I don't
'need' to run Ruby on HP-UX.  I'm the System Admin: I'll just label it as a
'non HP-UX compliant product' and tell any developer that wants to use it t=
o
use Perl for their interpreted language needs :)

I'll just wait until some bright-eyed kid gets a version on the HP Software
porting archive.

Thanks all, for the attempts....


On 3/22/06, MenTaLguY <mental@rydia.net> wrote:
>
> I really think this approach of removing things until it compiles is a
> mistake; if you did eventually get something that built, you'd just end u=
p
> with a build of Ruby that most likely won't run any useful Ruby scripts.
>
> Your main issue is one of how the libraries Ruby depends on were built or
> installed -- you definitely do want to build them yourself, if you're
> currently trying to use prepackaged versions.  Part of the what's going o=
n
> is missing header files, but I have no idea what else is going on.  If yo=
u
> build the libraries yourself with the default options (to the degree
> possible), they're a known quantity.
>
> I actually created a /usr/local/ruby where I installed fresh builds of al=
l
> the required libraries.  Note that doing so will required compiling
> everything with e.g. -Wl,+b -Wl,/usr/local/ruby/lib though...
>
> Also, see my notes in the earlier post:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/fdb97e=
11bcf2be54/d1dc4df9c0a875b8#d1dc4df9c0a875b8
>
> I have to ask, though -- do you really need to do this on _HP-UX_?
>
> For me, it was almost more pain than it was worth -- not because of
> adjustments required to Ruby itself, but because of quirks of the platfor=
m
> and the gymnastics required to build the libraries Ruby depends on in jus=
t
> the right way to make the dynamic linker happy.
>
> -mental
>
>
>
>

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