Ruby for multiple platforms

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Morning,

I wonder whether you could give me some advice. I have ruby 1.9.2-p290 for windows checked into a 'buildtools' subversion repository. I've added quite a few gems to it.

I now need to get it all working on Mac OSX Lion...

Can I 'overlay' the distros or do I need a completely separate folder (reinstalling all the gems)?

Also, on a side note, is it correct to check in the gem cache folders into source control?

Thanks for any advice,
James

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I wonder whether you could give me some advice. I have ruby 1.9.2-p290 for windows checked into a 'buildtools' subversion repository. I've added quite a few gems to it.

I now need to get it all working on Mac OSX Lion...

Can I 'overlay' the distros or do I need a completely separate folder (reinstalling all the gems)?

Gems may need a native build so I'd probably rather have different
directories for them.

Also, on a side note, is it correct to check in the gem cache folders into source control?

Not sure but the fact that they are called "cache" folders (which
means the information is redundant) would prevent me from doing it.
The data will likely be overwritten at some point in time anyway.

Kind regards

robert

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On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:00 AM, James French <James.French@naturalmotion.com> wrote:

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Thanks Robert. I'm currently investigating and will update this thread with the results. This is also my first ever email sent from a Mac. Wooo!

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On 7 Sep 2011, at 12:13, Robert Klemme wrote:

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:00 AM, James French > <James.French@naturalmotion.com> wrote:

I wonder whether you could give me some advice. I have ruby 1.9.2-p290 for windows checked into a 'buildtools' subversion repository. I've added quite a few gems to it.

I now need to get it all working on Mac OSX Lion...

Can I 'overlay' the distros or do I need a completely separate folder (reinstalling all the gems)?

Gems may need a native build so I'd probably rather have different
directories for them.

Also, on a side note, is it correct to check in the gem cache folders into source control?

Not sure but the fact that they are called "cache" folders (which
means the information is redundant) would prevent me from doing it.
The data will likely be overwritten at some point in time anyway.

Kind regards

robert

--
remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end
http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/

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I'm pretty sure the gem cache is only needed for `gem pristine` command.

-- Matma Rex