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crohr / pkgr

Package any app into deb or rpm packages, using heroku buildpacks
http://crohr.me/pkgr/
MIT License
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Packaging Rails application with custom ruby patch #160

Closed openface closed 4 years ago

openface commented 5 years ago

First, thanks for this excellent packaging tool!

We use pkgr for packaging a Rails (Gemfile specifies ruby 2.3.1) app. We now have the need to apply a patch file to ruby itself. Given that pkgr uses buildpacks, I assume we have to somehow modify the buildpack to include this patch, but I am not aware of where to start down that path. I figured here would be a good place to ask. Thanks.

crohr commented 5 years ago

Hello,

You would need to hack the buildpack to provide your own precompiled ruby version including the patch. By default pkgr will use the buildpack located at https://github.com/pkgr/heroku-buildpack-ruby/tree/v199-1, but you can override it with the buildpack option in your .pkgr.yml file, so that it points to a buildpack that you maintain yourself. It is quite some work though, maintenance-wise.