From: Amey Mahajan <amey_mahajan@...>
Date: 2010-05-05T14:15:39+09:00
Subject: racc 1.4.6 fails to install on windows

racc fails to install and gives following error on the STDOUT.

D:\Watir>gem install --local racc-1.4.6.gem
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing racc-1.4.6.gem:
        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

C:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb
extconf.rb:3:in ``': No such file or directory - uname -p
(Errno::ENOENT)
        from extconf.rb:3


Gem files will remain installed in
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/racc-1.4.6 for
 inspection.
Results logged to
C:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/racc-1.4.6/ext/racc/cparse/gem_
make.out


I need windows equivalent of the racc-1.4.6.gem by performing following
steps.

1. Edit the racc-1.4.6.gem for
"C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\racc-1.4.6\ext\racc\cparse\extconf.rb"
2. Comment "ENV["ARCHFLAGS"] = "-arch #{`uname -p` =~ /powerpc/ ? 'ppc'
: 'i386'}" " line from extconf.rb
3. Execute following steps and provide the gem.
% cp -r C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\racc-1.4.6 $HOME
% cd $HOME/racc-1.4.6
% rake gem
% gem install pkg/racc-1.4.6.gem

Note: I don't have Ruby DevKit.


Thanks in advance.
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