method

platform=

v1_9_3_125 - Show latest stable - Class: Gem::Specification

platform=(platform)

public

The platform this gem runs on. See Gem::Platform for details.

Setting this to any value other than Gem::Platform::RUBY or Gem::Platform::CURRENT is probably wrong.

# File lib/rubygems/specification.rb, line 1529
  def platform= platform
    if @original_platform.nil? or
       @original_platform == Gem::Platform::RUBY then
      @original_platform = platform
    end

    case platform
    when Gem::Platform::CURRENT then
      @new_platform = Gem::Platform.local
      @original_platform = @new_platform.to_s

    when Gem::Platform then
      @new_platform = platform

    # legacy constants
    when nil, Gem::Platform::RUBY then
      @new_platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
    when 'mswin32' then # was Gem::Platform::WIN32
      @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'x86-mswin32'
    when 'i586-linux' then # was Gem::Platform::LINUX_586
      @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'x86-linux'
    when 'powerpc-darwin' then # was Gem::Platform::DARWIN
      @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new 'ppc-darwin'
    else
      @new_platform = Gem::Platform.new platform
    end

    @platform = @new_platform.to_s

    @new_platform
  end

platform=

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