From: Alwyn <alwyn@...>
Date: 2002-04-16T18:43:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling Ruby on Mac OS X

In article <200204160109.g3G19KM00678@sharui.nakada.kanuma.tochigi.jp>,
 nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> At Tue, 16 Apr 2002 00:42:11 +0900,
> Alwyn wrote:
> > It was very simple. The build process expects to find the file dlfcn.h in
> > the usual location; unfortunately, it wasn't present. I did, however,
> > have this file in /sw/include (installed by Fink), so I judged that the
> > simplest thing to do was to copy this file into the Ruby build directory,
> > where it could easily be found. 
> 
> It sounds complier or headers aren't installed correctly.

Well, what I think may have happened is that when I installed Fink, the 
file was removed from its usual location and a modified version 
substituted for it in /sw/include in order to facilitate Fink builds. 
Such behaviour is IMO unacceptable, especially if the user is not 
notified of the change. 


Alwyn