Merge pull request #368 from januszm/fix/require_geos_c_fallback

Use require as a fallback to load geos_c_impl
rgeo · Feb 9, 2024 · 52d4240 · 52d4240
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diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
+gem "base64"
+
 gemspec
diff --git a/lib/rgeo/geos.rb b/lib/rgeo/geos.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@ module Geos
     begin
       require_relative "geos/geos_c_impl"
     rescue LoadError
-      # continue
+      # fall back to a system-wide search if the c-extension is stored in different location
+      # important for systems such as Amazon Linux
+      begin
+        require "geos/geos_c_impl"
+      rescue LoadError
+        # continue
+      end
     end
     CAPI_SUPPORTED = RGeo::Geos.const_defined?(:CAPIGeometryMethods)
     if CAPI_SUPPORTED