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searching the docs and archives - i'm still unclear: is there, or is there
not a way to have gems run pre-post install steps?

regards.

-a
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wrote:
>
> searching the docs and archives - i'm still unclear: is there, or is there
> not a way to have gems run pre-post install steps?

Don't think so,

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin...by-talk/203058

Later,
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Bil Kleb wrote:
> wrote:
> >
> > searching the docs and archives - i'm still unclear: is there, or is there
> > not a way to have gems run pre-post install steps?
>
> Don't think so,
>
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin...by-talk/203058

Bummer. Ross Bamford does have a feature request in:

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.p...d=126&atid=578

Regards,

Dan

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Daniel Berger wrote:

> Bil Kleb wrote:
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> searching the docs and archives - i'm still unclear: is there, or is there
>>> not a way to have gems run pre-post install steps?
>>
>> Don't think so,
>>
>> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin...by-talk/203058
>
> Bummer. Ross Bamford does have a feature request in:
>
> http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.p...d=126&atid=578

found a workaround

spec.extensions = 'extconf.rb'


now, do whatever you like in extconf.rb

-a
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Daniel Berger wrote:
>
>> Bil Kleb wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> searching the docs and archives - i'm still unclear: is there, or is
>>>> there
>>>> not a way to have gems run pre-post install steps?
>>>
>>> Don't think so,
>>>
>>> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin...by-talk/203058
>>
>> Bummer. Ross Bamford does have a feature request in:
>>
>> http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.p...d=126&atid=578
>
> found a workaround
>
> spec.extensions = 'extconf.rb'
>
>
> now, do whatever you like in extconf.rb

scratch that. doesn't work quite right.

-a
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unknown wrote:
> searching the docs and archives - i'm still unclear: is there, or is
> there
> not a way to have gems run pre-post install steps?
>
> regards.

There is no provision in gems for pre/post install steps.

-- Jim Weirich

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On 11/17/06, Jim Weirich <> wrote:
> unknown wrote:
> > searching the docs and archives - i'm still unclear: is there, or is
> > there
> > not a way to have gems run pre-post install steps?
> >
> > regards.
> There is no provision in gems for pre/post install steps.

Please keep it that way. The only thing I'd *like* is a custom message
that can be printed.

-austin
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