Do not check for ruby/encoding.h, if we are running under Ruby 1.8.7

[postmodern]

Prevents /usr/include/ruby/encoding.h from being incorrectly detected when compiling under Ruby 1.8.7.

[bondo01]

What is the status of this? I'm running into a problem with tiny_tds failing to compile because it is looking for encoding.h

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[root@chucky2 ~]# gem install tiny_tds
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing tiny_tds:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb

checking for iconv_open() in iconv.h... no
checking for iconv_open() in -liconv... yes
checking for sybfront.h... yes
checking for sybdb.h... yes
checking for tdsdbopen() in -lsybdb... yes
checking for ct_bind() in -lct... yes
creating Makefile

make "DESTDIR="
gcc -I. -I. -I/usr/lib64/ruby/1.8/x86_64-linux -I. -DHAVE_SYBFRONT_H -DHAVE_SYBDB_H -I-I/usr/local/include -I-I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include -fPIC -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC -c client.c
In file included from client.c:1:
./tiny_tds_ext.h:8:27: error: ruby/encoding.h: No such file or directory
In file included from ./tiny_tds_ext.h:12,
from client.c:1:
./client.h:24: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ârb_encodingâ
In file included from ./tiny_tds_ext.h:13,
from client.c:1:
./result.h:19: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ârb_encodingâ
client.c: In function ârb_tinytds_executeâ:
client.c:197: error: âtinytds_result_wrapperâ has no member named âencodingâ
client.c:197: error: âtinytds_client_wrapperâ has no member named âencodingâ
client.c: In function ârb_tinytds_encodingâ:
client.c:208: warning: implicit declaration of function ârb_enc_from_encodingâ
client.c:208: error: âtinytds_client_wrapperâ has no member named âencodingâ
client.c: In function ârb_tinytds_escapeâ:
client.c:215: warning: implicit declaration of function ârb_enc_associateâ
client.c:215: error: âtinytds_client_wrapperâ has no member named âencodingâ
client.c: In function ârb_tinytds_connectâ:
client.c:300: error: âtinytds_client_wrapperâ has no member named âencodingâ
client.c:300: warning: implicit declaration of function ârb_enc_findâ
make: *** [client.o] Error 1

[knu]

That's a completely irrelevant problem.

[robolson]

Looks like this issue was addressed by 9c50e40. Should this pull request be closed now?

[postmodern]

Closing since this appears to be resolved.