From: Jj Jj <joseph.workman@...>
Date: 2009-03-27T15:32:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Restrict Platform for RubyGem Update

Ryan Davis wrote:
> On Mar 26, 2009, at 23:11 , Jj Jj wrote:
> 
>> I am working on a windows box attempting to develop a rails  
>> application.
>> Is there a way to ensure "gem update" or "gem install x" will not  
>> try to
>> download and compile native ruby gems ?
> 
> rubygems will download any platform specific gem first if it exists.
> Otherwise it'll download the "ruby" platform. If that gem specifies
> that it has extensions to build, it'll try to build them. There may be
> some extra way to specify that you don't want builds to occur, but I
> don't know it. See `gem help install` for more.

Thank you for the information. I have reviewed the information for both 
install and update.

Does anyone if there is a way to not default back to the ruby platform ?
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