From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...>
Date: 2010-05-14T02:46:45+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:30225] Re: [Bug #3215] Windows: IO.popen returns "handle 	is invalid"

> It is Windows 2003 Server. �I connect via rdesktop. �I'm using Visual Studio 8 (aka 2005) to compile ruby. �I don't know if it happens with mingw, etc.
>
> If you are able to compile ruby 1.9.1-p376 using VS8, I'd love to swap patches and work-arounds for problems. �I've filed bugs for all the obvious ones.

Could you make your VS8 build available anywhere?
Thanks.
-rp