Merge pull request #27 from kwilczynski/21-require-library-in-ext

ext: load C extension files from non-native gems via "require"
kwilczynski · Dec 22, 2021 · 500a9d5 · 500a9d5
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diff --git a/lib/magic.rb b/lib/magic.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
   ::RUBY_VERSION =~ /(\d+\.\d+)/
   require_relative "magic/#{Regexp.last_match(1)}/magic"
 rescue LoadError
-  require_relative 'magic/magic'
+  # use "require" instead of "require_relative" because non-native gems will place C extension files
+  # in Gem::BasicSpecification#extension_dir after compilation (during normal installation), which
+  # is in $LOAD_PATH but not necessarily relative to this file (see #21 and nokogiri#2300)
+  require 'magic/magic'
 end
 
 require_relative 'magic/version'