Method: Gem::Specification#platform=

Defined in:
lib/rubygems/specification.rb

#platform=(platform) ⇒ Object

The platform this gem runs on.

This is usually Gem::Platform::RUBY or Gem::Platform::CURRENT.

Most gems contain pure Ruby code; they should simply leave the default value in place. Some gems contain C (or other) code to be compiled into a Ruby “extension”. The gem should leave the default value in place unless the code will only compile on a certain type of system. Some gems consist of pre-compiled code (“binary gems”). It’s especially important that they set the platform attribute appropriately. A shortcut is to set the platform to Gem::Platform::CURRENT, which will cause the gem builder to set the platform to the appropriate value for the system on which the build is being performed.

If this attribute is set to a non-default value, it will be included in the filename of the gem when it is built such as: nokogiri-1.6.0-x86-mingw32.gem

Usage:

spec.platform = Gem::Platform.local



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# File 'lib/rubygems/specification.rb', line 466

def platform=(platform)
  @original_platform = platform

  case platform
  when Gem::Platform::CURRENT then
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.local
    @original_platform = @new_platform.to_s

  when Gem::Platform then
    @new_platform = platform

  # legacy constants
  when nil, Gem::Platform::RUBY then
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
  when "mswin32" then # was Gem::Platform::WIN32
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new "x86-mswin32"
  when "i586-linux" then # was Gem::Platform::LINUX_586
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new "x86-linux"
  when "powerpc-darwin" then # was Gem::Platform::DARWIN
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new "ppc-darwin"
  else
    @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new platform
  end

  @platform = @new_platform.to_s

  invalidate_memoized_attributes
end