OS X 10.6 + 64bit Ruby + 32bit database?

Ruby
#1

Is this combination a no-no? What issues do I expect to come across?

I’m using
http://hivelogic.com/articles/compiling-ruby-rubygems-and-rails-on-snow-leopard
to compile Ruby, but I can’t make it compile to 32-bit. What flags
should I use to compile 32bit Ruby?

#2

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Charles S. [email protected]
wrote:

Is this combination a no-no? What issues do I expect to come across?

If the DB adapter is pure Ruby, you shouldn’t have any issues. If the
adapter compiles a native extension, you could run into compilation
issues (which ones exactly, I’m not sure; I guess anything with
pointers could lead to issues). If the adapter compiles to a 32 bit
executable (or is binary), you could run into linking/loading issues
(no idea if *NIX can load 32 bit shared objects into 64 bit
executables).

I’m using
http://hivelogic.com/articles/compiling-ruby-rubygems-and-rails-on-snow-leopard
to compile Ruby, but I can’t make it compile to 32-bit. What flags
should I use to compile 32bit Ruby?

Google gives:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1503012/how-to-use-unix-configure-to-compile-32-bits-executable-on-64-bits

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