RubyScript2Exe 0.2.1

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Just released RubyScript2Exe 0.2.1 [1].

* Added (experimental) support for detecting and embedding Ruby
  gems. I don't claim that it works flawlessly under all
  circumstances, but it worked on my installation (Linux). Did
  a couple of tests, simple situations. Is somebody able and
  willing to help? Any RubyGems hackers?

* Added --eee-list .

gegroet,
Erik V.

[1] http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/index.html

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Erik Veenstra wrote:

Just released RubyScript2Exe 0.2.1 [1].
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[1] http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/index.html

From the page:
> Well, RubyScript2Exe includes an application (your script)
> and only parts of the rubylib tree (it's stripped specifically
> for that application).
> ...
> RubyScript2Exe monitors the execution of your script.

Is there a risk that a interactive or otherwise sporadically
executing application might not get all of its dependencies
included in the bundle, or am I reading too much into that
statement?

Good job in either case.

M

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From the page:

> Well, RubyScript2Exe includes an application (your script)
> and only parts of the rubylib tree (it's stripped
> specifically for that application).
>
> RubyScript2Exe monitors the execution of your script.

Is there a risk that a interactive or otherwise sporadically
executing application might not get all of its dependencies
included in the bundle, or am I reading too much into that
statement?

True. "RubyScript2Exe monitors the execution of your script."
In other words: If a particular "require" isn't executed, it
isn't copied into the executable either. If you know that some
"require" might fall through and still want to load it only
under special circumstances, you might want to use the
following lines at the beginning of your script:

require "always"
if ENV.include?("--exit")
   require "somewhereintheapplicationbutnotnow"
   exit 1
end

Pack it with:

$ ruby rubyscript2exe.rb app.rb --exit

This loads the files which might otherwise fall through and
prevents executing of (the rest of) the script.

That's what I do when I know a script is going to be packed
with RubyScript2Exe.

gegroet,
Erik V.