From: jonathan rochkind <jonathan@...>
Date: 2011-11-04T05:57:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:40721] [ruby-trunk - Bug #5193] ruby_thread_data_type linker errors fixed with RUBY_EXTERN


Issue #5193 has been updated by jonathan rochkind.


There is lots of interest in having a ruby-debug that works for 1.9.3.  Lots of people depend upon it. This solution is floating around the net:

http://blog.wyeworks.com/2011/11/1/ruby-1-9-3-and-ruby-debug

People _say_ that's working, I'm not sure what prevents that from turning into an actual tagged release of ruby-debug19, rather than requiring building of unreleased gem sources. But one way or another, lots of developers are hurting from loss of ruby-debug. 
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Bug #5193: ruby_thread_data_type linker errors fixed with RUBY_EXTERN
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5193

Author: Charlie Savage
Status: Third Party's Issue
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Nobuyoshi Nakada
Category: core
Target version: 1.9.3
ruby -v: -


ruby-debug-base19x fails to compile with VC++ 2010 with this error:

ruby_debug.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _ruby_thread_data_type

ruby_thread_data_type is declared in vm_core.h as:

extern const rb_data_type_t ruby_thread_data_type;

ruby-debug calls GetThreadPtr which is defined as:

#define GetThreadPtr(obj, ptr) \
    TypedData_Get_Struct((obj), rb_thread_t, &ruby_thread_data_type, (ptr))

What makes this interesting is that ruby_thread_data_type is properly included in the msvcr100-ruby191.def file and is exported from msvcr100-ruby191.dll.  Somehow the &ruby_thread_data_type causes problems for VC++ (mingw works correctly).  

Some Ubuntu users seem to be having a similar issue.  See:

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=29222&group_id=8883&atid=34290

The problem is resolved for VC++ by changing the definition to:

RUBY_EXTERN const rb_data_type_t ruby_thread_data_type;

Any chance this change could be made?

Thanks - Charlie


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