From: James French Date: 2011-09-08T19:14:03+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby for multiple platforms On 7 Sep 2011, at 12:13, Robert Klemme wrote: > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:00 AM, James French > wrote: > >> I wonder whether you could give me some advice. I have ruby 1.9.2-p290 for windows checked into a 'buildtools' subversion repository. I've added quite a few gems to it. >> >> I now need to get it all working on Mac OSX Lion... >> >> Can I 'overlay' the distros or do I need a completely separate folder (reinstalling all the gems)? > > Gems may need a native build so I'd probably rather have different > directories for them. > >> Also, on a side note, is it correct to check in the gem cache folders into source control? > > Not sure but the fact that they are called "cache" folders (which > means the information is redundant) would prevent me from doing it. > The data will likely be overwritten at some point in time anyway. > > Kind regards > > robert > > > -- > remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end > http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/ > Thanks Robert. I'm currently investigating and will update this thread with the results. This is also my first ever email sent from a Mac. Wooo!