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Description
I'm on mac and this gem took me over a minute to install.
% time gem install rugged
Fetching rugged-1.3.0.gem
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed rugged-1.3.0
Parsing documentation for rugged-1.3.0
Installing ri documentation for rugged-1.3.0
Done installing documentation for rugged after 1 seconds
1 gem installed
gem install rugged 63.66s user 19.57s system 88% cpu 1:34.32 total
It's the "Building native extensions" part that takes up most of the time. I haven't seen many gems take this long to install. Is there any way to get this faster? Is this just my machine? Is it this slow on linux too?
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Start by reproducing gem install rugged on macOS, focusing on the “Building native extensions” step, and compare the result with Linux as requested. The report names no source files or tests, so first identify the native-extension build entry point. Done means establishing the cause and whether a verified improvement or platform-specific explanation is possible.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, ruby
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100