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Problem with extconf

Harry Ohlsen

9/18/2003 6:51:00 AM

Hi,

I wanted to install ruby-zlib-1.6.0 but hit a snag. When I run "ruby extconf.rb" I get the following error message ...

/export/home/harryo/ruby/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/shellwords.rb:31 in 'shellwords': undefined method 'lstrip!' for "--prefix=/export/home/harryo/ruby/usr/local":String (NameError)
from /export/home/harryo/ruby/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf.rb:18
from extconf.rb:7 in 'require'
from extconf.rb:7

(Note: I had to type all of that, because I can't get the X11 selection onto this darned Windows box).

Doing a quick irb shows that String doesn't seem to *have* an lstrip! method (nor lstrip, rstrip, rstrip!). However, those methods exist according to my copy of ri from /\ndy's 1.8.0 Windows installer.

Can anyone give me a clue as to what's going on? Is it something screwy about my installation of 1.8.0 on the Solaris box?

Thanks in advance,

Harry O.
2 Answers

nobu.nokada

9/18/2003 7:17:00 AM

0

Hi,

At Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:50:53 +0900,
Harry Ohlsen wrote:
> Doing a quick irb shows that String doesn''t seem to *have* an
> lstrip! method (nor lstrip, rstrip, rstrip!). However, those
> methods exist according to my copy of ri from /\ndy''s 1.8.0
> Windows installer.

Don''t you use ruby 1.6 for extconf.rb? Ruby 1.8 contains zlib.

--
Nobu Nakada

Harry Ohlsen

9/18/2003 7:30:00 AM

0

nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:50:53 +0900,
> Harry Ohlsen wrote:
>
>>Doing a quick irb shows that String doesn''t seem to *have* an
>>lstrip! method (nor lstrip, rstrip, rstrip!). However, those
>>methods exist according to my copy of ri from /\ndy''s 1.8.0
>>Windows installer.
>
>
> Don''t you use ruby 1.6 for extconf.rb? Ruby 1.8 contains zlib.

That''s what I just discovered! The tar file I downloaded contained 1.6.8, not 1.8.0. It was a stable snapshot that I got to by following the "Get Ruby Now!" link on the home page. That took me to a page that had links entitled "Ruby version 1.8.0 source (stable release)" and "Stable snapshot" ... amongst others.

Maybe I''m just losing my mind :-(.

Anyway, I just used the first link and I seem to have the real 1.8.0 source tarball, so I''ll give that a go.

Sorry for the confusion.

Harry O.