[Rails] Re: unpacking ruby-odbc

2010-12-21 Thread Marnen Laibow-Koser
pepe wrote in post #969780: >> Bundler might help here. > > I don't know bundler but for what I read in the web site it would only > help with the list of gems not with unpacking ruby-odbc. It won't help with unpacking as such, but it will help with automating the installation process on the host

[Rails] Re: unpacking ruby-odbc

2010-12-21 Thread pepe
> Bundler might help here. I don't know bundler but for what I read in the web site it would only help with the list of gems not with unpacking ruby-odbc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email

[Rails] Re: unpacking ruby-odbc

2010-12-20 Thread Marnen Laibow-Koser
pepe wrote in post #969581: >> 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

[Rails] Re: unpacking ruby-odbc

2010-12-20 Thread pepe
> 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 i

Re: [Rails] Re: unpacking ruby-odbc

2010-12-20 Thread Colin Law
On 20 December 2010 15:11, pepe wrote: >> > I need to install my application to a Windows server >> >> My goodness, why?  That's just asking for trouble. > > We've had this conversation more than once. > >> Right.  Gems with native extensions generally can't be frozen usefully. > > Well, that does

[Rails] Re: unpacking ruby-odbc

2010-12-20 Thread pepe
> > I need to install my application to a Windows server > > My goodness, why?  That's just asking for trouble. We've had this conversation more than once. > Right.  Gems with native extensions generally can't be frozen usefully. Well, that does not help me much. If it can be done I'd like to tr

[Rails] Re: unpacking ruby-odbc

2010-12-19 Thread Marnen Laibow-Koser
pepe wrote in post #969475: > Hello, > > I need to install my application to a Windows server My goodness, why? That's just asking for trouble. > (using MSSQL as > the DB) and to make my life easier I am freezing the application. I > have been able to freeze rails and unpack all the gems I need