Problem with Ruby 1.8.4, C extensions, Solaris

Ruby
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Hi all,

Solaris 10
Ruby 1.8.4
gcc 3.4.4
Sun’s make and ld

Whenever I run ‘make install’ for any C extension built using mkmf, I
get this
error:

sh: ./install-sh: not found

The ‘INSTALL’ target in the Makefile is simply: INSTALL = ./install-sh
-c

However, there is no such program on my system. I suspect I can get
around
this by building Ruby and all C extensions with GNU make, but that
probably
won’t be an option on production servers.

This actually started in Ruby 1.8.3. Things work fine with 1.8.2 and
earlier.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Dan

2

“D” == Daniel B. [email protected] writes:

D> The ‘INSTALL’ target in the Makefile is simply: INSTALL =
./install-sh -c

What give ?

which install
which ginstall

See in configure for ruby

Find a good install program. We prefer a C program (faster),

so one script is as good as another. But avoid the broken or

incompatible versions:

Guy Decoux

3

“D” == Daniel B. [email protected] writes:

which install
D> /usr/sbin/install

and

ruby -rrbconfig -e ‘p Config::CONFIG[“INSTALL”]’

and in the directory ruby-1.8.4

ruby -ne ‘print if /result.*install/’ config.log

this is when configure, for ruby, run that it search an install
program

Guy Decoux

4

ts wrote:

See in configure for ruby

Find a good install program. We prefer a C program (faster),

so one script is as good as another. But avoid the broken or

incompatible versions:

Guy Decoux

which install
/usr/sbin/install

which ginstall
no ginstall

Regards,

Dan

5

ts wrote:

and in the directory ruby-1.8.4

ruby -ne ‘print if /result.*install/’ config.log

this is when configure, for ruby, run that it search an install
program

/opt/bin/ruby -rrbconfig -e ‘p Config::CONFIG[“INSTALL”]’
“./install-sh -c”

/opt/bin/ruby -ne ‘print if /result.*install/’ config.log
configure:3834: result: ./install-sh -c

Regards,

Dan

6

ts wrote:

ruby -ne ‘print if /result.*install/’ config.log

this is when configure, for ruby, run that it search an install
program

Guy Decoux

Any more ideas? Looks like a bug to me in the configure script
somewhere in the code that starts at line 3779.

Also, the comment about using “/usr/etc/install” for SunOS is bogus,
since there is no such file on any Solaris machine I’ve ever touched. I
see an install program in /etc and /usr/sbin and that’s it.

Regards,

Dan