Fix extension installer for out-of-place build

https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/9673#issuecomment-2019028293

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tool/rbinstall.rb b/tool/rbinstall.rb
index c3926e98ec..97fe1eab45 100755
--- a/tool/rbinstall.rb
+++ b/tool/rbinstall.rb
@@ -784,7 +784,12 @@ module RbInstall
         end
 
         def makefile_path
-          "#{makefile_dir}/Makefile"
+          if File.exist?("#{makefile_dir}/Makefile")
+            "#{makefile_dir}/Makefile"
+          else
+            # for out-of-place build
+            "#{$ext_build_dir}/#{relative_base}/Makefile"
+          end
         end
 
         def makefile_dir