> What 'native extensions' means is that parts of the gem are not > written in Ruby but are (generally I think) in C. These need to be > compiled to generate code suitable for the OS the app is being run on.
Yes, I learned that by working with ruby-odbc. > The gem cannot therefore be frozen as it would be frozen with code > compiled for the wrong OS. I think therefore you must install such > gems on the target machine in the normal way. Thanks Colin. I was afraid that would be the case. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.