From: v.ondruch@... Date: 2014-03-14T18:14:20+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:61495] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9637] File "ruby.h" includes "config.h" which is not in proper location Issue #9637 has been updated by Vit Ondruch. I am afraid this is by design. On Fedora, we have overcome this issue by adding header [1] and renaming the original file(s), but I know that upstream is not happy about this ([2], my 4th point) and they will suggest you to use mkmf to setup your build environment. [1] http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/ruby.git/tree/config.h [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975660#c3 ---------------------------------------- Bug #9637: File "ruby.h" includes "config.h" which is not in proper location https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9637#change-45786 * Author: Kameron Kincade * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Category: * Target version: * ruby -v: 2.0.0p451 * Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- In Ruby 2.0.0p451, I using SWIG to convert some C/C++ code into Ruby. However, when using GCC to compile the C++ code into Ruby and pointing GCC to the "ruby.h" file (i.e. gcc -fPIC -c test_wrap.cxx -IC:\Ruby200-x64\include\ruby-2.0.0), I receive the error... ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/693cr.png) I've looked in the folder where ruby.h is contained and there is no config.h file. It is located in the archdir folder. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/