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  1. Bug #413815
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Comment 4 for bug 413815

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Lucas Nussbaum (lucas) wrote : Re: [Bug 413815] Re: ruby 1.9.1 should be configured with --program-suffix=1.9.1 if installed as ruby1.9.1

On 19/08/09 at 16:41 -0000, gleeo wrote:
> No, I don't see why you would do that. The best solution would be to
> build with "./configure --program-suffix=*extension you tend to build
> with with, for example, 1.9.1*" This is the best solution, let ruby do
> the work for you, rather then bypass what ruby has setup for you and try
> to hack on it yourself. And ./configure knows how rbconfig.rb should
> look better then either of us i would presume :-)

I don't remember exactly what was the problem with using
--program-suffix, but I remember it was doing something strange, and the
end result was not what we wanted.
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