From: Tim Hunter <cyclists@...>
Date: 2003-09-18T08:52:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Installing ruby extensions

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:22:00 +0200, Thomas Sondergaard wrote:

> I'm using mkmf to generate a makefile for my ruby extension, but my
> extension relies on a few ruby scripts that will also need to be
> installed. What is the recommended approach for getting these additional
> files installed?
> 
> The easiest is to make an install.rb that invokes 'make site-install' to
> install the extension module and installs the rest by itself.
> 
> Thomas

If you're using install.rb, the pre/post task hooks may help.

For RMagick, I'm using a top-level Makefile that runs the install.rb
tasks. The 'all' target runs the config and setup tasks, the 'install'
target runs the install task.