From: Tony Smith <tony@...>
Date: 2001-11-06T00:54:17+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24399] Extension building problems

I've written a Ruby extension for our SCM product Perforce, and I'm trying to 
package it up correctly with a suitable extconf.rb script as described in the 
pickaxe book.

First question: The extension's in two parts, a pure Ruby component (P4.rb) 
and a C++ component (P4api.so). Can I persuade mkmf to generate a makefile 
with a "make install" target that will install both components? 

Second question: How can I persuade mkmf and nmake to talk nicely to one 
another on Windows? I've built my extension by hand, but obviously that's not 
ideal, so I'm hoping there are some tricks to getting more portable makefiles 
built.

Any advice would be most welcome. Thanks!

Tony