gem-compile

A RubyGems command plugin that creates pre-compiled binary gems from gems with extensions.

Overview

gem-compile is a RubyGems command plugin that adds 'compile' command. It creates pre-compiled binary gems from gems with extensions.

Installation

$ gem build gem-compile.gemspec
$ gem install gem-compile-*.gem

or $ gem install gem-compile

Usage

$ gem compile [options] GEMFILE -- --build-flags

or $ gem-compile [options] GEMFILE -- --build-flags

options: -p, --platform PLATFORM Output platform name -f, --fat VERSION:RUBY,... Create fat binary (e.g. --fat 1.8:ruby,1.9:ruby19)

Example

$ gem compile msgpack-0.3.4.gem

With above command line, msgpack-0.3.4-x86-mingw32.gem file will be created on MinGW environment.

$ gem compile --platform mswin32 msgpack-0.3.4.gem

With above command line, msgpack-0.3.4-x86-mswin32.gem file will be created.

$ gem compile --platform mswin32 --fat 1.8:/Ruby/bin/ruby,1.9:/Ruby19/bin/ruby msgpack-0.3.4.gem

With --fat option, it creates a fat-binary. It's installable on both ruby-1.8 and ruby-1.9.

License

Copyright (c) 2010 FURUHASHI Sadayuki

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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