Because I can do 'gem install -v 2.7 mongrel' and pick up just the ruby
version, or 'gem install -v 2.7.2006.05.10 mongrel' and pick up the
mswin version - automatically. I can't do that if the 'ruby' and
'mswin' versions both have identical version number. It's the lack of a
gem switch to pick up the platform that is causing the problem, so if
you move the differentiator to the version number it works around the
problem. I still have to specify the version number, but at least if I
do gem gets on with the job.<br>
<br>
Using a version number indicator at the end would achieve the same effect - say 1 for Linux, 2 for ms win, thus:<br>
<br>
0.3.12.4-1<br>
0.3.12.4-2<br>
<br>
(assuming you can have dashes in gem version numbers - I haven't tried it!)<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 03/06/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Zed Shaw</b> <<a href="mailto:zedshaw@zedshaw.com">zedshaw@zedshaw.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Uh, how does putting a date on the mswin32 gem help you? You still have<br></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Neil Wilson (<a href="mailto:neil@aldur.co.uk">neil@aldur.co.uk</a>)