From: Jordi Massaguer Pla <jmassaguerpla@...>
Date: 2012-09-08T02:06:47+09:00
Subject: Re: How to patch ruby's gem before an install ?

Quoting David Unric <lists@ruby-forum.com>:

> Hi,
>
> got stuck and cann't find appropriate guide how can I patch gem package
> before it gets installed.
>
> For example I'm trying to fix gem for Gosu library:
>
> 1. download the gem with "gem fetch gosu"
> 2. extract contents of the gem with "gem unpack gosu-0.7.45.gem"
> 3. apply a patch: cd gosu-0.7.45 && patch -p1
> /path/to/patch/fix_cflags.patch
> 4. ??? how to rebuild a gem from modified sources ? I cann't find the
> original gemspec.
> 5. ??? install modified gem with gem install ./gosu-0.7.45.gem

I think you better look for the source code. Gosu is in  
https://github.com/jlnr/gosu . You can find the link for the source  
code in rubygems.org.

In this case is in github, so you can clone and even fork and do a  
pull request to request your changes be in the next version for gosu.

regards

jordi


>
> Any idea ?
>
> Thx, David
>
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