From: Mark Hubbart <discord@...>
Date: 2004-03-12T14:47:17+09:00
Subject: Re: convincing a webhost to support ruby


On Mar 11, 2004, at 7:48 PM, Lothar Scholz wrote:

> Hello David,
>
> Friday, March 12, 2004, 3:43:13 AM, you wrote:
>
> DG> Mark Hubbart wrote:
>>> - updating Ruby would fix any bugs, while still retaining 
>>> compatibility.
>
> DG> Of course, you can always build Ruby yourself under your HOME 
> (that is,
> DG> if they allow you access to gcc). Even if they don't, you can 
> upload the
> DG> binaries.
>
> Most hosting companies don't allow the execution of external programs.
> For example i can't even start "ls".

!!! yikes. I can ssh in, build software, and run it; the understanding 
being that if they notice I'm putting to much of a load on the server, 
they'll kill me off :) So nice -n20 is my friend.

Building it myself in my HOME is a possibility. But AFAIK, there's no 
way of running eruby as a standard cgi script. So I would also have to 
install and run webrick or somesuch in my home. I would really rather 
not have to do that.

--Mark