From: Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist@...>
Date: 2010-11-03T05:29:38+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:33017] Re: Improve MinGW builds for Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.2 and 1.9.3


On Nov 2, 2010, at 6:52 AM, Aaron Patterson wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 10:41:40PM +0900, Yusuke ENDOH wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 2010/10/31 Luis Lavena <luislavena@gmail.com>:
>>> RubyInstaller depends on the successful compilation of Ruby under
>>> MinGW. Not only native compilation but also been able to cross-compile
>>> it, so Linux/OSX developers can test and create libraries for Windows
>>> users.
>> 
>> How can we *test* windows binary on Linux?  Use wine?
> 
> I was talking to Luis, and I think he said it is possible with wine.
> However, Luis also tests the build on windows.
> 
> Maybe Luis can post on the wiki how to do this?  It would be nice if
> everyone knew how to test.

I second this. In particular, I would love to know how to build and run MRI under WINE.

cr