Ruby-frontbase doesn't compile on Mac OS X version 10.5

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Hi,
When trying to compile ruby-frontbase version 1.0.1 on a G5 PPC
machine, I get this:

gem install ruby-frontbase

Building native extensions. This could take a while…
ERROR: While executing gem … (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

ruby extconf.rb install ruby-frontbase
creating Makefile

make
gcc -I. -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/
lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin9.0 -I/System/Library/Frameworks/
Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin9.0 -I. -
I/Library/FrontBase/include -fno-common -arch ppc -arch i386 -Os -pipe
-fno-common -c frontbase.c
frontbase.c:24: error: redefinition of ‘struct FBCLob’
frontbase.c:27: error: redefinition of typedef ‘FBCLob’
/Library/FrontBase/include/FBCAccess/FBCRow.h:49: error: previous
declaration of ‘FBCLob’ was here
frontbase.c:29: error: redefinition of typedef ‘FBCColumn’
/Library/FrontBase/include/FBCAccess/FBCRow.h:14: error: previous
declaration of ‘FBCColumn’ was here
frontbase.c:32: error: redefinition of ‘union FBCColumn’
frontbase.c:63: error: redefinition of typedef ‘FBCRow’
/Library/FrontBase/include/FBCAccess/FBCRow.h:103: error: previous
declaration of ‘FBCRow’ was here
frontbase.c:24: error: redefinition of ‘struct FBCLob’
frontbase.c:27: error: redefinition of typedef ‘FBCLob’
/Library/FrontBase/include/FBCAccess/FBCRow.h:49: error: previous
declaration of ‘FBCLob’ was here
frontbase.c:29: error: redefinition of typedef ‘FBCColumn’
/Library/FrontBase/include/FBCAccess/FBCRow.h:14: error: previous
declaration of ‘FBCColumn’ was here
frontbase.c:32: error: redefinition of ‘union FBCColumn’
frontbase.c:63: error: redefinition of typedef ‘FBCRow’
/Library/FrontBase/include/FBCAccess/FBCRow.h:103: error: previous
declaration of ‘FBCRow’ was here
lipo: can’t open input file: /var/tmp//ccaAFraO.out (No such file or
directory)
make: *** [frontbase.o] Error 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-
frontbase-1.0.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ruby-frontbase-1.0.1/
gem_make.out

Does anyone a) how to fix this and/or b) whom I should contact about
getting the gem to work under Leopard?

Thanks.

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In case anyone’s interested, here’s how I got it to install:

  1. Download the gem source (ruby-frontbase-src-1.0.1.tgz) from
    http://rubyforge.org
    (http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1635&release_id=5201).

  2. Do the following:

tar xzf ruby-frontbase-src-1.0.1.tgz

cd ruby-frontbase

<edit frontbase.c so that lines 23-63 are commented out>

gem build ruby-frontbase.gemspec

sudo gem install ruby-frontbase