From: Jim Freeze <jfreeze@...>
Date: 2002-07-23T22:32:57+09:00
Subject: How do I control sitedir other than through ./configure?

Hi:

I am trying to define an install of ruby in an envirionment
where the site dir may not be existant at the time of install.
(The sitedir is managed through a separate method than the install.)

For example, here is an 'ideal' setup:

  cd ruby-1.x.x
  ./configure --prefix=<set_by_sysadmin> --with-sitedir=/dev/null
  make && make install

But, that does not work. The make install complains with 
 `mkdir': File exists - "/dev/null" (Errno::EEXIST)

So, another solution might be:

  cd ruby-1.x.x
  ./configure --prefix=<set_by_sysadmin> --with-sitedir=<somepath> --dont-install-sitedir
  make & make install

Does such a solution exist?  I don/'t particularly mind installing to 
a bogus path but I would need a way to permanently modify $: for 
the installed ruby application. Is there a way to do this after
it is compiled?

Thanks
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Jim Freeze
If only I had something clever to say for my comment...
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