Don't assume shared library is installed relative to files in lib#44
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This currently works, but it's planned to eventually stop doing it. Furthermore, there's a `.gemrc` configuration (install_extension_in_lib) that some OS packagers set to false to enable the future behavior, and gems making this assumption don't work with that. Honestly, it feels like a very hard change for RubyGems to make smoothly and that makes me doubt it's worth doing, but this would be the "blessed way" that should not break regardless of what we end up doing.
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@deivid-rodriguez Thanks! I've kicked off CI. If it passes, I'll make this change to all of the extensions in this project. |
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Thank you @flavorjones! I'm not totally sure about whether we should actually make the change and forbid But since this is the best guide out there to learn about extensions, I figured it should use the way that's definitely not going to break. |
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This currently works, but it's planned to eventually stop doing it. Furthermore, there's a
.gemrcconfiguration(install_extension_in_lib) that some OS packagers set to false to enable the future behavior, and gems making this assumption don't work with that.
Honestly, it feels like a very hard change for RubyGems to make smoothly and that makes me doubt it's worth doing, but this would be the "blessed way" that should not break regardless of what we end up doing.