Bug #995: CONFIG['topdir'] defined '1.9.1' instead of '1.9'

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -
• Target version: 1.9.1 RC2

[luislavena (Luis Lavena)]

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While working on the new One-Click installer, noticed this change the
the folder structure between 1.8 and 1.9.1

On 1.8, RbConfig::CONFIG['topdir'] defines MAYOR dot MINOR as
part of the folder structure for libraries and such
(lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mingw32)

While 1.9.1 set the version and the directory to MAYOR.MINOR and
TEENY, affecting the folder structure where rbconfig is located:
/lib/ruby/1.9.1/i386-mingw32)

This is important for me since I need to strip build path from the
file to allow portability to other computer locations.

I see that future 1.9.2 or 1.9.4 versions will break many setups,
making upgrade from versions a bit complicated.

Is the change intentional?
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[yugui (Yuki Sonoda)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

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This is intentional. CONFIG['topdir'] will change when binary compatibility is broken in a future version.
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[luislavena (Luis Lavena)]

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Thank you for your reply.

This will require me keep a separate recipe for building 1.9 in a different way than 1.8, due this change of file location.

There is a place in the documentation or previous discussion I can link users to check?
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