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# File rubygems/ext/configure_builder.rb, line 10 def self.build(extension, directory, dest_path, results, args=[], lib_dir=nil) unless File.exist?('Makefile') then cmd = "sh ./configure --prefix=#{dest_path}" cmd << " #{args.join ' '}" unless args.empty? run cmd, results end make dest_path, results results end