> > but not /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/i486-linux/. You may need to pass > > /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/i486-linux/ as an extra include directory to the > > build process. > > Er, this is a variable (arch-dependent) string. e.g. on my > system it is > > /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-linux > > Clearly the Ruby build system has some way of returning the > include path required to build programs that embed the Ruby interpreter. > Looking at some other program that embeds Ruby should make it clear > what that is. (I'd look, but it's mercilessly hot here and I haven't slept > for days, so I'm feeling decidedly lazy...) Yes, I agree. Earlier today I sent a report to the list sharing what I had discovered about the build failure. Looks like that message got lost while the servers were cut off from the world. I'll repost that message. Darrell