From: Alwyn <alwyn@...>
Date: 2002-04-16T20:23:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling Ruby on Mac OS X

In article <200204161013.g3GADnM10289@sharui.nakada.kanuma.tochigi.jp>,
 nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> At Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:43:27 +0900,
> Alwyn wrote:
> > 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. 
> 
> I don't know Fink, <http://fink.sourceforge.net/index.php>?

That is correct. You are well informed. :-) 

> While headers for Fink are installed in /sw/include, the
> compiler for Fink should refer there too, I suppose.  Doesn't
> 
>   $ source /sw/bin/init.csh
> 
> set up for it?

No, this is not the case. I wasn't aware that you can use environment 
variables to specify include paths for the C compiler. This is normally 
done at compile time by using the '-I' compiler option. As I understand 
it, the paths so specified are searched first, so there would be no good 
reason for removing a system header. 

Mr Freeze said his problem started when he installed 'bash'. Did he 
install it using Fink or by some other process? 

Many thanks for your interest. 


Alwyn