From: Matt Patterson <matt-lists@...>
Date: 2007-10-23T21:45:46+09:00
Subject: Problems with setup.rb and metaconfig

I'm doing some fiddling around with a setup.rb package, and wanted to  
be able to pass in another invocation time option, a la ruby setup.rb  
--option. The docs seem to suggest using metaconfig to add this, so I  
rolled in a metaconfig file into the package root that looked like this:

add_path_config 'gem_install_root', '', 'Path to root of build  
"filesystem"'

When setup.rb gets called (from a make process) I get a nasty error  
about frozen arrays:

/usr/bin/ruby1.8 setup.rb config --siterubyver=/usr/lib/ruby/1.8
setup.rb:100:in `push': can't modify frozen array (TypeError)
         from setup.rb:100:in `add'
         from setup.rb:508:in `add_path_config'
         from /home/matt/sandbox/packages/libgems-ruby-0.9.4/ 
metaconfig:1:in `load_script'
         from setup.rb:831:in `run_metaconfigs'
         from setup.rb:807:in `invoke'
         from setup.rb:773:in `invoke'
         from setup.rb:1578

Am I doing something dumb here? I'd be grateful for any pointers...

Matt

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