[DRE-maint] Bug#756129: gem2deb: dh_ruby should allow extra parameters to extconf.rb

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 26/07/14 at 17:56 +0200, Gilles Filippini wrote:
> Package: gem2deb
> Version: 0.7.5
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sometimes the maintainer needs passing hints to extconf.rb, such as
> --with-<feature>=<directory>
> 
> I tried:
> 	dh_auto_install -- --with-<feature>=<directory>
>         dh_ruby --install -- --with-<feature>=<directory>
>         dh_ruby --install --with-<feature>=<directory>
> without success, and looking at the dh_ruby.rb source code it seems
> there is no way to do that.
> 
> Then the only solution I found is to quilt patch extconf.rb to hard
> code the hints, which isn't satisfactory.
> 
> Thanks in advance,

Hi Gilles,

Could you provide an example package that needs this?

Lucas
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