Bug #4503: ext/win32ole writes into $srcdir during build, breaking read-only source tree builds

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18 revision 30909) [i686-linux]

[josb (Jos Backus)]

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ext/win32ole/extconf.rb writes a .document file into $srcdir, which violates the premise of a read-only source tree.

Possible workarounds:

• check in a static .document file containing win32ole.c, and remove the code in extconf.rb that creates the .document file dynamically;

• don't create the .document file if the extension cannot be built, by removing

  else
  create_docfile("")

  from create_win32ole_makefile in extconf.rb.

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[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

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[josb (Jos Backus)]

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Hi Nobu, you closed the bug but I didn't see any actions/resolution associated with it. What gives? Thanks!
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[Eregon (Benoit Daloze)]

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Hi Nobu, you closed the bug but I didn't see any actions/resolution associated with it. What gives? Thanks!

Seems a bug in the automatic update from svn.

It was solved with r31121:

• ext/win32ole/extconf.rb (create_docfile): removed. should not
  modify source directory unnecessarily, platform dependent
  documentation should be dealt with by rdoc. [ruby-core:35495]

Also, I think the updated Redmine is less clear about resolution.
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[josb (Jos Backus)]

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Thanks Benoit, I didn't see that change.
And thanks Nobu, for the fix.
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