Where is $: defined?

Ruby
1

I’m installing my own ruby but need to use the other gnu tools from my
co-worker, who has ruby too. I 'm doing this to try stuff first before I
ask
him to install it in his ruby, which is our standard.

However, my ruby is picking up library from his ruby installation
instead of
mine. I don’t have any RUBY* environment variable, I don’t find his path
in
my ruby Makefile nor configuration.

I did:
configure --prefix=/login/asn
make
make install

I do have my co-worker bin directory in my $PATH (then I removed it
afterward). Could my ruby installation picked up the library location
from
the existing ruby (my co-worker’s)? How to tell it not to?

I know there are probably many variables that might have caused it, but
if I
know how that $: is set, I thought it might help. What could have set $:
when I build my ruby?

I’ve spending hours already to sort this out without any luck.

-andre

2

On 1/17/07, Andreas S [email protected] wrote:

make
I’ve spending hours already to sort this out without any luck.
I suppose the default is compiled-in (the configure --something should
be the right path)
Note that this is just a hint, I’m not sure nor I have checked that.

3

I don’t see that incorrect path for $: defined any where in config* file
or
Makefile. It guess it must be derived from something. The miniruby got
it
right. The compiled ruby got it wrong.

[nm12681:ruby-junk] ./miniruby -e ‘puts $:’
/login/asn/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8
/login/asn/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i686-linux
/login/asn/lib/ruby/site_ruby
/login/asn/lib/ruby/1.8
/login/asn/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux
…
[nm12681:ruby-junk] ./ruby -e ‘puts $:’
/tools/xd/ruby-1.8.5/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8
/tools/xd/ruby-1.8.5/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i686-linux
/tools/xd/ruby-1.8.5/lib/ruby/site_ruby
/tools/xd/ruby-1.8.5/lib/ruby/1.8
/tools/xd/ruby-1.8.5/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux

Don’t know why the compiled ruby has wrong $: and why it’s different
than
miniruby’s $:. It looks like a particular problem, though, only when I
included my co-worker bin path.

I got it compiled with using different path (it has older gnu tools).
This
time the $: is correct. It picks up my ruby library.

-andre