Bug #9386: Ruby won't build tcl/tk extension, libpathflag expects array

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: trunk
• Backport: 2.1: UNKNOWN

[jstribny (Josef Stribny)]

Hi,

I wasn't successful building Ruby tcl/tk extension from trunk, since the last revision[1] switched to use libpathflag method
that expects an array, but on my Fedora "/usr/lib64":String would be passed to the method.

I believe the method should be accepting strings for single path as well (rather than fixing the commit by ensuring that an Array is passed).
What do you think? Without the patch I am including I can't build Ruby with tcl/tk ext on Fedora.

Thank you.

[1] https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/dc4922b89d4e11fdf6a552e226fd901c3e67c99a

[jstribny (Josef Stribny)]

• File 0001-Fix-libpathflag-to-accept-both-arrays-and-strings.patch 0001-Fix-libpathflag-to-accept-both-arrays-and-strings.patch added

[jstribny (Josef Stribny)]

• File 0001-Fix-tk-extconf-to-pass-arrays-instead-of-strings-to-.patch 0001-Fix-tk-extconf-to-pass-arrays-instead-of-strings-to-.patch added

Including alternative patch if we don't want to change the mkmf. This just fixes the revision.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

This issue was solved with changeset r44541.
Josef, thank you for reporting this issue.
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.
May Ruby be with you.

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tk/extconf.rb: fix libpathflag arguments

• ext/tk/extconf.rb: fix to pass arrays instead of strings to
  libpathflag. patch at [ruby-core:59665]. [Bug #9386]