diff -dur gdal-1.7.2.orig/swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk gdal-1.7.2/swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk
--- gdal-1.7.2.orig/swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk	2010-04-24 01:22:08.000000000 +0200
+++ gdal-1.7.2/swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk	2010-06-12 11:15:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 
 include $(GDAL_ROOT)/GDALmake.opt
 
-RUBY_MODULES = gdal.so ogr.so gdalconst.so osr.so
-RUBY_INCLUDE_DIR := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['archdir']")
+RUBY_INCLUDE_DIR := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['rubyhdrdir']")
+RUBY_MODULES = gdal.la ogr.la gdalconst.la osr.la
 RUBY_LIB_DIR := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['libdir']")
 RUBY_SO_NAME := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['RUBY_SO_NAME']")
 RUBY_EXTENSIONS_DIR := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['sitearchdir']")
 INSTALL_DIR := $(RUBY_EXTENSIONS_DIR)/gdal
 
-RUBY_INCLUDE = -I$(RUBY_INCLUDE_DIR)
+RUBY_INCLUDE = -I$(RUBY_INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(RUBY_INCLUDE_DIR)/$(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['arch']")
-LDFLAGS += -Xcompiler -shared -L$(RUBY_LIB_DIR)
+LDFLAGS += -Xcompiler -shared -module -avoid-version -rpath $(INSTALL_DIR) -L$(RUBY_LIB_DIR)
 RUBY_LIB := -l$(RUBY_SO_NAME)
 
 build: $(RUBY_MODULES)
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@
 install: $(INSTALL_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) $(RUBY_MODULES) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALL_DIR) 
 
-$(RUBY_MODULES): %.so: %_wrap.o
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(GDAL_SLIB_LINK) $(RUBY_LIB) $< -o $@
+$(RUBY_MODULES): %.la: %_wrap.lo
+	$(LD) $(GDAL_SLIB_LINK) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(RUBY_LIB) $< -o $@
 
-%.o: %.cpp
+%.lo: %.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE) $(RUBY_INCLUDE)  -c $<
 
-%.o: %.cxx
+%.lo: %.cxx
 	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE) $(RUBY_INCLUDE) -c $<
 
-%.o: %.c
+%.lo: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE)  $(RUBY_INCLUDE) -c $<
diff -dur gdal-1.7.2.orig/swig/include/ruby/gdal_ruby.i gdal-1.7.2/swig/include/ruby/gdal_ruby.i
--- gdal-1.7.2.orig/swig/include/ruby/gdal_ruby.i	2010-04-24 01:22:09.000000000 +0200
+++ gdal-1.7.2/swig/include/ruby/gdal_ruby.i	2010-06-12 14:21:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     CPLXMLNode *psChild;
     char       *pszText = NULL;
 
-    nChildCount = RARRAY(rubyArray)->len - 2;
+    nChildCount = RARRAY_LEN(rubyArray) - 2;
     if( nChildCount < 0 )
     {
 		 rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "Error in input XMLTree, child count is less than zero.");
diff -dur gdal-1.7.2.orig/swig/include/ruby/typemaps_ruby.i gdal-1.7.2/swig/include/ruby/typemaps_ruby.i
--- gdal-1.7.2.orig/swig/include/ruby/typemaps_ruby.i	2010-04-24 01:22:09.000000000 +0200
+++ gdal-1.7.2/swig/include/ruby/typemaps_ruby.i	2010-06-12 14:22:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
   Check_Type($input, T_ARRAY);
 
   /* Get the length */
-  int seq_size = RARRAY($input)->len;
+  int seq_size = RARRAY_LEN($input);
   
   if ( seq_size != $dim0 ) {
     rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "sequence must have length %i.", seq_size);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
   Check_Type($input, T_ARRAY);
 
   /* Get the length */
-  $1 = RARRAY($input)->len;
+  $1 = RARRAY_LEN($input);
   
   /* Allocate space for the C array. */
   $2 = (int*) malloc($1*sizeof(int));
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
   /* Check if is a list */
   Check_Type($input, T_ARRAY);
 
-  $1 = RARRAY($input)->len;
+  $1 = RARRAY_LEN($input);
   tmpGCPList = (GDAL_GCP*) malloc($1*sizeof(GDAL_GCP));
   $2 = tmpGCPList;
 
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
   /* is the provided object an array or a hash? */
   if ( TYPE($input) == T_ARRAY) {
     /* get the size of the array */
-    int size = RARRAY($input)->len;
+    int size = RARRAY_LEN($input);
     
     for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
       /* get the ruby object */
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
   /* Check if is a list */
   Check_Type($input, T_ARRAY);
 
-  int size = RARRAY($input)->len;
+  int size = RARRAY_LEN($input);
   for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
     VALUE item = rb_ary_entry($input, i);
     char *pszItem = StringValuePtr(item);
@@ -744,4 +744,4 @@
 	/* %typemap(out) GByte* */
 	
 	/* Stops insertion of default type map. */
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}